Will my cold sore dry out if i keep campho-phenique on it all day?

Yes: Cold sores will go away with or without treatment in 10-14 days. Most over-the-counter treatments are pallative and deal more with the uncomfotrable symptoms than actually causing the cold sore to go away. Your dentist or md can also prescribe anti-virals that can help but are more effective the earlier you take them once symptoms arrive.

BETTER NOT TO USE IT: Campho-phenique is an antiseptic, local anesthetic, germicide and parasiticide not an anti-viral ointment. Sore will heal without treatment (and if not irritated/injured) in roughly 10-14 days--longer if injured. Pain is a useful symptom of inflammation--it makes you stop using/touching the affected part. C-p numbs the area--may increase risk of injury.

Last a week: Cold sores (also called fever blisters.) groups of fluid-filled blisters that often erupt around the lips and sometimes under the nose or around the chin. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 and are very contagious. The initial infection (primary herpes) may be confused with a cold or flu and can cause painful lesions to erupt throughout the mouth. Once a person is infected wi.