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I got a cold sore for the first time ever at 28 years old a week and a half ago, I did the whole abreva thing and would pick at the scabs.... I read it was best to pop the ulcers to get the virus out and sterilize it. I did not have a needle so I popped it like a pimple and washed it with hand sanitizer. I also had some odd ingrown hairs there and could not shave so I took a tweezer and pulled out about 10 of them in the area.

I woke up next day and my whole top lip was swollen, The area where the cold sore is fully numb like it has had a novocaine shot feeling to it all day long, that went away after 2 days.

I also then tried to drain it with a sterilized needle and i got the puss out and some blood but not all of it, it then swelled up in a squishy ball which has subsized and new smaller sores have appeared on the outside.

Is this infected? Will it fix it's self if I leave it alone, What can happen if I do not go to doc and get it lanced?

Etc....

I have ceased doing anything to it except ice and epsom salt warm compresses which have made a huge difference, I feel like it's going to just do it's thing and get better as the smaller new cold sore ulcers are going to break open, I have no fever, don't feel ill, hot, or anything.... In fact it does not really hurt even i touch it for the first time ever.