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How can cold sores and mouth ulcers be cured?
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Laser treatment: The best treatment is laser such as the biolase md laser. It will immediately relieve the pain and cause the lesions to heal quickly.
Answered 8/3/2012
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They can't be cured: Both are caused by a virus that lives on nerves and are self limiting to about 14 days. There are treatments to shorten the duration of the outbreaks and limit the pain, but certain stimuli will cause these outbreaks to reoccur from time to time.
Answered 9/28/2016
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