I have suffered from cold sores most of my adult life, both my Dad and I are sufferers and for me I tend to get them when I have got or just had a cold or when I am quite stressed and around five months back I noticed that my top lip had become itchy. Whenever I get a cold sore it is always around the same place, never on my bottom lip, usually on the top right hand side, right where someone can and usually notice them. I usually carry round a tube of Zovirax and some compeed patches which over the last year have become my saviour, but like with most things you soon become immune to their effects and they eventually become less effective or you don't get to the itching  Read the complete review

A few weeks ago, I took a sip of my morning coffee and experienced a sharp and all-too-familiar pain in my bottom lip. Cold Sore. I am an absolute martyr to them. I've tried everything: Zovirax, Blistex, Cymex, Fenistil, own brand creams, Compeed patches, brown antiseptic paint, aftershave (ouch!), alcohol, even a concoction of essential oils that my lovely, lovely friend made for me once, but unfortunately, like rats become resistant to poison so my cold sores have become resistant to treatment. I can't even 'treat the tingle' because they don't even grant me that bit of forewarning - as soon as I feel something, it's already there, bold as you like. Boots ...  Read the complete review

I've suffered from unsightly, painful and regularly recurring cold sores for years and have tried most mainstream remedies with little or no resulting benefits. I have even been to see my GP about the condition, such was the frequency with which I was experiencing cold sore attacks, but found no more relief from prescription treatments either. Over the years, I had read increasingly positive reviews of a new way of treating cold sores using infra-ray light so eventually decided that it had to be worth a try and purchased this Electronic Cold Sore Treatment from Boots. This small electronic device claims to utilise a therapeutic technology involving infra-red ...  Read the complete review

I've suffered from cold sores for as long as I can remember and I've tried pretty much everything with varying degrees of success. I bought this product while suffering from a particularly nasty bout that felt as though it had taken over my face and would quite honestly have tried anything! I was very impressed with the device. My cold sores seemed to clear up quicker than I was expecting and the annoying mark where they have been phase was a lot shorter than usual (a day rather than a week plus). I am unlucky in that I never get the tingling phase they just appear. In a most recent bout I was able to use the device as soon as the cold sore appeared and the ...  Read the complete review

As a scientist i had my doubts about this devise, there is still very limited data available and it is very expensive for what is essentially an LED. But like the previous reviewer i was desperate for something to fight my cold sores. I used to get cold sores once a month (could almost set my watch by them), i used acyclovir cream and if lucky could occasionally prevent them. This devise has been like a miracle cure. Since using it on two consecutive attacks, with cream, i have yet to experience a further out break. As the previous reviewer said the pain relief is instant, if you get it early enough the blister never appears and if it does healing time is greatly ...  Read the complete review