Candygirl asked:


when I was 16 i got a cold sore on my bottom lip, but I didnt know at the time that that’s what it was, I thought it was a pimple or something and i popped it. a few minutes later that side of my bottom lip got swelled and then by the end of the day the other side got swelled and i ended up w/ this swelled bottom lip. i was told that any cold sore lip treatment can do the trick so i had gotten Blistex and put it on my lip but I guess i was to late because the damage had already been done.

Now, my lip didnt swell big time or anything jsut a small swell but it still looks weird to me and I dont like it, I’ve learned to live with it and hide it and all.

Now I’m 20 and I got a similiar looking sore on my lip yesterday and I didnt pop it but I put on some blistex medication and when I woke up this morning it was gone. I had a doctor check up today and I told her about it and she told me there’s a medication called Benadryl that can deal w/ the swelling. Now my question is can it heal my swelling from when I was 16 and bring my bottom lip to the size it was b4? Or is there anything I cant do? I’m not really allergic to anything either so is benadryl a good option or are there better ones?

Beatrice