pink/red blotch left on chin from cold sore! help!
hi,
this is my first time on this forum but not my first time getting cold sores!
i'm quite worried/panicked because I'm 26 and have got cold sores fairly frequently all my life since i was little (2 or 3 times a year when i get colds/stressed).
2 weeks ago I got a REALLY big cold sore, not on my lip but near it, on my right side of my bottom lip. I put a liquid ointment on and it scabbed up fine, and i ran out of the liquid ointment and got a cream to put on it. I hardly picked it at all (as i usually pick at my cold sores somewhat but try not to!) i accidentally picked away the largest scab (and i can tell there is going to be a bit of a scar).
BUT anyways, it has been about 2 weeks since the scabbing has gone away and it has left an unsightly red/pink blotch on my face that hasn't gone away yet! i'm very self concious of it and i'm just wondering if it will be like that forever now? or will it fade eventually? i don't mind if i am left with a bit of scarring because that isn't as noticeable as a big red blotch!
At the moment I think i am still run down and have some kind of virus as my tongue looks very blotchy as well (like it has chunks out of it!) so i'm wondering if that is why the redness hasn't faded?
As i've said i've had cold sores all my life and as far as i can remember, they have all gone away fine even with picking(if for a bit of scarring that i can barely notice).
I have been putting various skin healing ointments and witch hazel (to help with the redness) with no avail! if there is any advice as to what could help i would be greatly appreciate it. i heard from someone that Vitamin E cream could help so i got some of that today.
Can anyone please help and give me some advice and tell me i won't have the redness forever?!
Really Worried,
Arrawyn
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Hi, I'm just wondering if
Hi,
I'm just wondering if anyone has had pink/redness left after a cold sore, how long do they have it for? like how long until it goes away? is it like weeks or months or years?! (or never?)
just so I know!
Thanks!!
(pink blotch still there by the way!)
arrawyn
Cold sores
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Thank you
Don't mess with it!
@arrawyn,
I also once made a mistake of prematurely picking at the scab. Boy, did I learn to regret that. Full healing was slow; I think it was over a month before the blotch was fully gone. Also, some scarring did occur, since the lip hasn't looked "perfect" after that, and this was some years ago. Not so great.
Advice to fellow sufferers: do NOT touch or pick your cold sores for any reason. Aside from applying anti-virals, let them heal entirely by themselves.
What about Vitamin E?
Could you talk to your doctor about using the Vitamin E capsules, that you break open and use topically? I don't if Vitamin E is okay to use on cold sores or not, so definitely find out from a physicain beforehand, but I know that Vitamin E is supposed to help with scarring.
pink blotch
Hello , I have had HSV 1 for almost 2 years now .... I recently had a cold sore per say below my bottom lip the scabbing is now gone and it has been 3 weeks I noticed it looked as if it was going to leave a scar ,so once the scabbing had dissapeared I started using vitamin E oil on it and it has only been a week and it is now fading .. I find that vitamin E oil almost always helps scaring .. Dont ever pick at them ... I hope this helped ... Devistated
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