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A 21-year-old female asked:

So will neosporin help the scab on the cold sore heal? it is toward the end of the cold sore. i just really would like it to go away by tomorrow

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Dr. Thomas Mcgowananswered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Cold sore: neosporin may help a secondary infection heal but it will not anything about the virus that caused the cold sore.

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Dr. Robert Bader commented

Dermatology 29 years experience

Any petroleum-based ointment will help heal open sores in general and is good to use. Sores caused by a virus, such as Herpes, take time to heal and topical antibiotics do not treat the virus, although the petroleum base may shorten healing times, theoretically, but not practically speaking.

Mar 10, 2016

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