Herpecin-L Lip Balm Stick 36 spf .1 ounce
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Customer Reviews of Herpecin-L Lip Balm Stick 36 spf .1 ounce
Customer Review: This one's a WINNER!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
HEY--- what better way to soothe disapproving individuals looks of disgust at your STD-like dilema, but to pull out your tube of medicine with the word 'HERPE' in it. Well, I've never used this product, and I don't know what CREATIVE minds came up with the title, but this is nothing short of a Saturday Night Live commerical skit. This is rated AWESOME in my book simply for the name alone. Herpecin ----hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Customer Review: Lysine is a proven medicine
Summary: 4 Stars
This works way better than Abreva (which I find innefective). I tried it and was hooked. Lysine is the perfect antidote to arginine which is what feeds herpes outbreaks. Lemon balm is also an antiviral. Most medical doctors do not agree with non synthetic meds, but they do have a use to a point. Such as Tea tree oil for super staph (MRSA) etc.
I do believe that natural cures are here to stay, just be careful. But lysine is truely effective and Herpecin -L is great. It should have a new name though.
Customer Review: The best product for me
Summary: 5 Stars
I started using Herpecin-L nearly 20 years ago, when I had the first flare-up of what became a recurring problem with my lips -- not cold sores, but related to cold sores. My lips were very swollen, cracked, and extremely painful. Herpecin was the ONLY thing that helped, and I've been using it ever since. I've tried every other product out there, but for my specific needs, it's still the one medication that helps me. I have this yucky lip issue far less often than I used to, and I attribute that largely to regular use of Herpecin. And even for use as a simple lip balm, it's much better than the rest -- it doesn't have any menthol or camphor, ingredients that ultimately dry your lips out. And it's not waxy, like a lot of other lip balms. It just moistens, soothes, and makes everything feel better!
My one fear is that someday they'll stop making this stuff, and I'm going to be in big trouble! It's the greatest! (I do wish they'd come up with a better name, though!)
Customer Review: Very ineffective as cold sore treatment
Summary: 1 Stars
Hepecin-L claims to be an anti-cold sore medication. However, as James Koenig points out in his review, Herpecin-L is little more than a sunscreen.
I can always detect an impending outbreak of cold sores, and thus when I acted quickly to apply Herpecin-L to my lips, I found that it made no difference. The cold sore breakout erupted, and the Herpecin-L did nothing to alleviate them. If anything, I would almost say that it exacerbated the growth of the sores, simply because the sores felt even more irritated after application. I saw no difference during the breakout of sores after repeated applications; it was as if I was doing nothing at all.
Herpecin-L is little more than glorified chapstick. If you're looking for real fever sore(cold sore) treatment, I highly recommend Abreva.
Customer Review: Dentist Says This Product is nothing More Than A Sunscreen
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a dentist who sees a lot of people with cold sores, which is reactivation of a previous childhood bout of Herpes. The cold sore is the virus replicating as a result of some sort of stress that decreases one's immune system.
This product is a sunscreen and has no other medicines that are proven effective in treating cold sores. I'd rather spend my money on a bip balm with a sun protection factor of 30+.
If you are looking for a better over-the-counter product, I'd recommend ABBREVA. Abbreva has been shown in clinical studies to be effective, but the key with this treatment or any other for that matter is to start when you first feel the tingling of another cold sore coming on. If you wait and the cold sore erupts, virtually nothing will relieve it except time and your own immune response. So start applying Abbreva immediately for the best chance to limit the development of the cold sore.
Your dentist or doctor can prescribe anti-virals in either a topical form or a tablet form for severe cold sore cases, but once again, if it is not started immediately, the cold sore will develop and stay with you for 10 days or so. Ask for Zovirax or Denavir.
Always use a lip balm with sunscreen and too much sunlight can trigger a cold sore.
Abbreva is a good product. As with any product, it will not work in everyone who tries it - but it is certainly worth a try.
Jim "Konedog" Koenig, DDS