How do you get rid of cold sores?

The best way to avoid being troubled by cold sores is to avoid them in the first place.

Sun can cause breakouts so wear sunblock lip balm when outside. Cold sores often follow a cold, flu, or fever so avoid getting sick. Eating nuts can increase the frequency of cold sores.

Once you have cold sores the virus will remain dormant between outbreaks waiting until something triggers an outbreak. I find that Abreva helps shorten the duration of cold sores. Another thing that helps is taking lysine. I try to take 5-10 grams of lysine/day when I have cold sores. That is a LOT of lysine btw. A doctor of mine turned me onto this 20 years ago and I found that this does help though getting that many large pills down is a challenge.

where can I get it??

abreva works great too and you can buy it over the counter. Its a really small tube. Also, I noticed for myself and maybe it doesnt work for everyone, that when I 1st see the signs of a cold sore coming on, I use Vicks vapor rub(I also use it as a moisurising chap stick too) It doesn’t hurt your lips at all, it smells like vicks of coarse and you dont want to eat it, but the menthol in it really helps.

Theres an oral prescription called Valtrex that is made specifically for the treatment of coldsores.