In this post you are going to learn all about three competing lip balms that all claim to cure lip sores. I’ll list the ingredients in these products and give you all the information I have so you can make an informed purchase of the best lip balm for you to cure lip sores.
Herpecin-L Lip Balm Stick, SPF 30
Apply Herpecin when you feel your lips begin tingling. This balm is known to stop cold sores in their tracks. There are a lot more reviews out there about Carmex but I think that is because Carmex has been around longer and therefore has a greater loyalty.
Herpecin is a really great product and it has cured my lip sores before they even get to the blister stage.
Ingredients:
Sunscreen – Sun burn is known to agitate the skin and cause lip sores
Lemon Balm, Vitamin B6 – skin conditioner
Dimethicone – seals moisture in skin
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Lysine – antioxidants
Carmex Cold Sores Click Stick Lip Moisturizer with Sunscreen, Cherry Flavor, SPF 15
Carmex Lip Balm seals in lip moisture and helps prevents your lips from getting dried out or wind burned. Sun is a known culprit in causing cold sores and lip sores so having the double feature of sunscreen along with the moisturizer is a great way to cure lip sores.
Carmex is a long, trusted brand in cold sore prevention and relief. Many people swear by it and take Carmex with them wherever they go. For a while I even heard rumors that Carmex had addictive qualities.
It doesn’t, if you are worried.
Besides the somewhat medicinal taste of Carmex, it works really well at relieving burning, itching and swelling of mouth sores. Carmex, in my experience, has never prevented a cold sore from appearing like Herpecin does but Carmex does an excellent job at keeping lips moisturized and soft, which will keep cold sores from happening in the long run. If you wear Carmex daily you’ll probably have fewer mouth sores.
If I were you I would not buy the flavored Carmex. Scents and added dyes can irritate your lip sore further. It is always best to stick with an all natural product with no added flavors–although the flavored type is tempting to buy since Carmex doesn’t taste great.
Active Ingredients:
Octinoxate
Oxybenzone
Inactive Ingredients:
Petrolatum
Lanolin
Meadow Foam
Seed Oil
Camphor
Menthol
Phenol
Salicylic Acid in a mixture of fragrance
Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment
Blistex offers hydrating lip therapy for extremely chapped lips. Chapped lips leave lips sore and dry and this can cause a lip sore outbreak. The nice thing about Blistex is that the menthol in it makes your lips instantly feel cool and refreshed. It relieves burning and itching right away and it doesn’t have the waxy taste associated with Herpecin or Carmex. Blistex has a nourishing feel but again, it doesn’t prevent or cure a cold sore; it does help relieve the lip sores once they come though.
At the first sign of a lip sore, fever blister or severe chapping or sunburn rub this ointment on your lips to soothe and protect them.
Like Carmex (with flavoring) Blistex does offer balms that have added flavors. This can cause further irritation to your sores if you have a bad reaction to it. Keep this in mind when making your product choice.
Active Ingredients:
Allantoin
Camphor
Menthol
Phenol
Inactive Ingredients:
ammonium hydroxide
beeswax
calcium disodium EDTA
calcium hydroxide
cetyl alcohol
dimethicone
flavors
glycerin
lanolin
lauric acid
mineral oil
myristic acid
oleic acid
palmitic acid
paraffin
petrolatum
polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate
potassium hydroxide
purified water
SD alcohol
silica
sodium hydroxide
sodium saccharin
stearyl alcohol
Be aware of ingredients and allergies. If you are allergic to any of the ingredients listed do not use that product. A small amount of an ingredient you are allergic to applied to an open sore can seriously negatively affect your good intentions and cause more pain.
