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How do people treat cold sores and pimples?
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Separate issues: Pimples: moist heat, good soap and water wash (not scrub). Otc benzoyl peroxide may help. Cold sores are an auto-immune inflammatory condition that arises in response to stress, trauma and 'whatever they feel like coming from!' best treatment is time and leave them alone. Both will undergo natural healing cycles in ~14days. Avoid numbing gels as they can increase trauma risk and delay healing.
Answered 1/14/2015
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