Prevention of oral herpes (cold sores, or the medical term herpes labalis) is desirable as active lesions are both painful and more likely to shed virus that can be spread. Individuals with oral infections can spread the lesions to other areas with broken skin, such as the fingers or nail bed or the eye. So the infection control is very important for your health. And prevention is also important for skin health as oral lesions can get secondarily infected or leave scaring that can be unsightly from a contour perspective but also cause post-inflammatory pigment discoloration. For some individuals treatment of the cold sores as soon as you know that they are going to occur is good enough, it will shorten the average outbreak from ten days to four days and there is less shedding of virus as well. Unfortunately treating each outbreak won't decrease the number of episodes you will have. To minimize the chance of any scaring or unsightly pigment is important to keep any lesions very clean, which may mean the use of an antiseptic. For women who want to still use lipstick some experts will suggest a mineral gloss with sunscreen in it. I also think that those who have frequent outbreaks taking a daily antiviral to minimize outbreaks, or at least a preventative course of anti-viral with aesthetic treatments is very important.
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