stopping cold sores

[forestdale]

I think I might have read this somewhere. It's in the dim, dark recesses of my mind.

Anyhow, I had the beginnings of a cold sore last week, I get them sometimes when I spend time in the sun. I felt those first few tinglings that you get when you know that tomorrow, you'll have a cold sore. So I got an ordinaary GREEN tea bag, wet it and put it on the spot that was tingling. I did it for about 10 mintes. That night, before I went to bed, I wet the tea bag again and applied it for 10 minutes.

The cold sore didn't develop.

[YankeeMom]

I've heard of lysine supplements helping too.
I just have an antiviral cream prescription from my dr that works like a charm. Except last week, one came on so fast....literally 1 second it wasn't there and the next it was