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A 34-year-old female asked:

I suffered from cold sore for a month. i went to doctor and he prescribed mupirocin cream for me. i am currently using this cream 3 times a day but my lips and skin around my mouth i very crackly since i used this medicine. can i use vaseline too?

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Dr. Karen Butler
Dr. Karen Butleranswered
Family Medicine 23 years experience
???: Why do you still have a canker sore 1 month later? If the same lesion is there you better return to doctor. For re-exam. Now yes you may use Vaseline for the dried lips works great
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Dr. Thomas Yash
Dr. Thomas Yash commented
Dentistry 48 years experience
She stated that she had a cold sore not canker sore. We are talking about herpes virus origin not autoimmune or reactionary. This might be different lesion according to meds.
Jan 21, 2018
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohananswered
Dermatology 59 years experience
See a dermatologist: Cold sores do not last a month. So it was something else. Mupirocin is used for impetigo, not cold sores. Do you still have a sore? Using mupirocin ointment or cream? Change from mupirocin to vaseline. See dermatologist if persists more than a few days.
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