Cold Sores
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Cold Sores
Anybody else here get cold sores? (Or fever blisters, as some people call them.) I started getting one on my top lip this morning, and I'm sure it won't make Monday's ortho appointment any more fun.
Have you ever rescheduled an ortho appointment because of a cold sore?
Have you ever rescheduled an ortho appointment because of a cold sore?
Lower braces: 7/1/08
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
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Wash your mouth out with salt water, but never cancel an adjustment appt because of a cold sore. They are expected! Good luck!
Giovannti. 26 years old with braces..
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Metal-First time 10 years ago
Ceramic-(Second time) Top Arch Installed 7/9/2008, Bottom Arch Installed 9/10/2008
Next Adjustment 11/25/2008
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2nd Time w/Braces
Metal-First time 10 years ago
Ceramic-(Second time) Top Arch Installed 7/9/2008, Bottom Arch Installed 9/10/2008
Next Adjustment 11/25/2008
Word of advice: WEAR YOUR RETAINERS!!
I'll have to try that sometime, funshine. I've been using Abreva, and it seems to work pretty well as long as I catch the cold sore before the blisters start. It didn't make this one go away completely, but I think it stopped it getting bigger. Where would a person find jojoba oil?
Lower braces: 7/1/08
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
Re: Cold Sores
Yeah I get them too. They are horrible! I've gotten them more often now since I got the braces on. I don't get just one good one though...i get tiny blisters on my top lip....i am going to try that jojoba oillueyfufu wrote:Anybody else here get cold sores? (Or fever blisters, as some people call them.) I started getting one on my top lip this morning, and I'm sure it won't make Monday's ortho appointment any more fun.
Have you ever rescheduled an ortho appointment because of a cold sore?
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I tend to get cold sores after i've been sick, its weird, but it never fails. I haven't really got cold sores, since i've had braces, its been canker sores more so. I've been using the blistex canker sore stuff and it seems to work like a charm!! I've never cancelled an apt just cuz i have a canker sore, just i made sure i put the stuff on it if it was bothering me before hand and it worked out just fine.
LIke everyone has said, sores are to be expected when you have braces!
LIke everyone has said, sores are to be expected when you have braces!
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Impacted wisdom teeth extraction surgery: June 20th 2008 1pm (13 hours of fasting)
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Jaw surgery (upper and lower)Lefort 1 with Madable Advancement: June 2nd 2009 @8am!!!! 1 surgery down 2 surgeries to go!!
debrace day: jan 18th 2010!!!! *has 2 fixed retainers and an essix retainer for night time now!
Yeah, I don't think I'd cancel because of a canker sore. But since cold sores are right on the lips, and usually an appointment involves stretching the lips (and sometimes smashing if the ortho isn't careful), I can just imagine what torture that would be.
Lower braces: 7/1/08
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
Expander installed: 7/8/08
SARPE: 7/15/08
First adjustment for lowers: 8/5/08
Expander tied: 8/11/08
Upper braces: 8/28/08
Lefort I & BSSO: 1/8/13
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oh man having a cold sore would be bad enough, that be so painful if they smashed around your mouth during an apt. ohhhhhh man just the thought of that sends shivers down my back!
Braced: March 19th 2008
Impacted wisdom teeth extraction surgery: June 20th 2008 1pm (13 hours of fasting)
Jaw surgery (upper and lower)Lefort 1 with Madable Advancement: June 2nd 2009 @8am!!!! 1 surgery down 2 surgeries to go!!
debrace day: jan 18th 2010!!!! *has 2 fixed retainers and an essix retainer for night time now!
Impacted wisdom teeth extraction surgery: June 20th 2008 1pm (13 hours of fasting)
Jaw surgery (upper and lower)Lefort 1 with Madable Advancement: June 2nd 2009 @8am!!!! 1 surgery down 2 surgeries to go!!
debrace day: jan 18th 2010!!!! *has 2 fixed retainers and an essix retainer for night time now!
Ive had a cold sore twice so far
once when I was like 4 and another one last year
Last year I thought it was an itch bump so i popped it
OMG it made millions of bumps on top of bumps it was gross
i learned my lesson not to ever pop one again.
If i feel that Im going to get one or I see a bump around my mouth
I put abreva on it before it has a chance to grow and it stops it the same day.
once when I was like 4 and another one last year
Last year I thought it was an itch bump so i popped it
OMG it made millions of bumps on top of bumps it was gross
i learned my lesson not to ever pop one again.
If i feel that Im going to get one or I see a bump around my mouth
I put abreva on it before it has a chance to grow and it stops it the same day.
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Cold Sore
Ask your regular doctor for a prescription for Valtrex. It is a little expensive, but you don't have to take them every day - just when you think you may be getting a cold sore - it will prevent them from appearing at all (more effective than Abreva). For that matter, your ortho may be able to prescribe it.