The short answer to the question of how you can cure cold sores fast is that you need to take action as soon as you notice symptoms. For many people this is the tingle stage, when the skin where the sore later appears has a tingling sensation. One popular remedy is to apply ice to the affected area, which seems to slow down the progress of the virus to the extent that the blister sometimes does not appear. Follow this up with treatment with lemon balm; one idea is to make lemon balm tea then freeze the teabag so you get the benefit of both the lemon balm and ice on the lesion. Look at some of the other options around on this website for other ideas too.
There is another answer too, although it is something that tends to alarm sufferers at first; that is, there is no cure for cold sores. The herpes simplex virus that causes cold sores remains with us for life once infected, lying dormant in the nerve cells below the ear for most of the time. It is when the body’s natural defenses are weak that the virus can reawaken to do its damage and so while it is possible to help cure cold sore symptoms, your main focus should preventing outbreaks from occurring.
