Abreva Docosanol 10% Cream for Cold Sores

Name: Abreva Docosanol 10% Cream for Cold Sores
Brand: Unlisted Brand
Rating: 3.9 (41 reviews)

3.9

41 reviews

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5.0

from

gummy14

14 years ago

I absolutely love this product! It does what it says. I woke up one morning with a cold sore on my bottom lip so i put some on. In the afternoon it pretty much disappeared! Yes it is on the pricey...

About reviewer (6 reviews)

Age25-29

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5.0

from

demmie

14 years ago

When it comes to cold sores, NOTHING does it like Abreva. Anytime I get stressed out (like many of us) I get that cold sore feeling, and I immediately spaz. Yes, this is pricey but I have found...

About reviewer (99 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinNormal, Medium, Warm

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EyesBrown

1.0

from

aquajeeling

14 years ago

This is a product I'll regret the rest of my life with. My cold sores usually didn't leave a mark. But this cream made it slower to heal and left a mark that it is still there today! (it's been...

About reviewer (52 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

HairBlack, Straight, Fine

EyesHazel

1.0

from

felgoj

14 years ago

Garbage. Never did anything for me, & I had purchased it several times to give it a real chance. It was just throwing $$ in the garbage. Zovirax/acyclovir ointment (by prescription) takes a little...

About reviewer (709 reviews)

Age36-43

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1.0

from

felgoj

14 years ago

I bought this several times, giving it a real chance. I was desperate. To me this is garbage for a whopping $16 (& the tube is TINY! almost microscopic). Does nothing to speed up my cold sores at...

About reviewer (709 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinDry, Medium, Warm

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4.0

from

miriamb

15 years ago

It's the best out there now, yet not the miracle treatment I am waiting for. Plus it is expensive. I've been using this for years now. It does help with the healing and, if you use it right away...

About reviewer (122 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinNormal, Medium, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown

5.0

from

lnoel4274

15 years ago

I have used this for quite some time now. My cold sores are triggered by prolonged sun exposure. The moment I feel a tingle, I apply this and it pretty much keeps the cold sore from spreading or...

About reviewer (19 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Relaxed, Fine

EyesBrown

4.0

from

kismetcharity

15 years ago

I get one cold sore maybe every couple of years. My very first one I didn't know what it was until it got all...funky. I thought it was a pimple at first. It lasted for two weeks at least,...

About reviewer (5 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinVery Oily, Fair-Medium

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2.0

from

zoeykim18

15 years ago

This doesn't help heal cold sores any faster. It just makes them harder/scabby. However, I do think it helps prevent the cold sore from spreading. Also, I have the old packaging in a squeeze...

About reviewer (72 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Medium

EyesBlack

5.0

from

kbogusz112

15 years ago

Whoever created this product should win some kind of award. I've only been struggling with cold sores for the past couple years, and didn't know what to expect with the first one I ever got. Not to...

About reviewer (26 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Cool

HairBlond, Straight, Medium

EyesGreen

3.0

from

eq2008

15 years ago

I don't know of any topical product that really heals cold sores fast. I believe famciclovir takes the cold sore at its core and heals it fast. I use this when I am not sure if I am getting a cold...

About reviewer (323 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Medium

HairBrown

EyesBrown

1.0

from

Cheapchic

15 years ago

This product retails for about $20 CAD and can be found in Shoppers Drug Mart, Safeway, pretty much anywhere you'd find lip treatments. I am an infrequent cold sore sufferer, maybe once per year. ...

About reviewer (208 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinDry, Fair-Medium

HairBlack

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1.0

from

magpiesparkle

15 years ago

This stuff does not work. I'm one of the poor unfortunates who get cold sores on my lips at the drop of a hat, and if I don't catch them early with heavy doses of prescription anti-virals, they...

About reviewer (184 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Other, Cool

HairRed, Straight, Fine

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5.0

from

annaharris_227

15 years ago

GODSEND! I've had problems with coldsores since I was a kid. In fact, I think I might remember the two sisters on my school bus who I got them from...germboxes! LOL! Anyway...there's nothing...

About reviewer (467 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBrown

5.0

from

Gabriel679

15 years ago

EDIT: I had a outbreak of FBs start to appear - used this product - and poof! They were gone within 4 days - no awkward nasty healing phase - no pain - nothing - my lips are still dry and...

About reviewer (240 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Other, Other

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5.0

from

marah1115

15 years ago

This stuff is AMAZING--costly-- but amazing and you only have to use the size of a dot on the head of a pin about twice a day and your cold sore/fever blister will go from a mere tingle to voila-...

About reviewer (76 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinAcne-prone, Medium, Warm

HairRed, Wavy, Medium

EyesGreen

5.0

from

sunshowers

15 years ago

This is vital, like three-things-you-can-have-on-a-desert-island vital. I have a cold sore that skipped from blister to healing phase as we speak, thanks to good old Abreva. Before I...

About reviewer (109 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm

HairBlack, Straight, Fine

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5.0

from

nxyal

16 years ago

Best non-prescription product out there for cold sores. All other products that are geared towards cold sore removal have not worked for me, except Abreva. I follow everything that BothCoasts has...

About reviewer (18 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinOily, Medium

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EyesBlack

4.0

from

BothCoasts

16 years ago

I have HSV-1 (type 1! thank you very much), so I get cold sores from time to time. Here is what I've noticed that's helped make this product more effective: 1. Put it on AS SOON AS you feel your...

About reviewer (47 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinDry, Fair-Medium

HairBrown

EyesBrown

4.0

from

littlemissrebekah

16 years ago

I had been using Blistex on my huge cold sore with no results. I recalled seeing ads in Seventeen for Abreva, so I decided to try it. This product was over $15 for a tube barely an inch long, but I...

About reviewer (24 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBlack

EyesBrown