Cold Sore Treatment

A Better smile has available a soft tissue laser also know as a diode laser. With this diode laser we are able to treat your cold sore (herpetic lesion) before you have an outbreak or when the first symptoms appear. The treatment is fast, and requires no anesthetic. In fact, the pain from the cold sore will be reduced or eliminated immediately after the laser treatment.

If the lesion is treated at the ‘tingling’ stage – before an actual breakout – you may not experience a breakout at all, or you may experience less of a breakout than you usually experience. If you are already experiencing a breakout we can still treat the affected area and you will experience immediate pain relief and the soft tissue laser- diode laser will promote collagen formation and start the healing process so the outbreak heals faster.

Since the diode laser kills the viral particles of a cold sore, it will often decrease the frequency of recurrent cold sores  in the treated area. It may take several treatments, but if we can treat the area each time symptoms start, you should experience less breakouts, smaller breakouts, or you may not have a breakout in this area again. We have had great results with our patients and non patients who come to our office after hearing about this procedure. Most have found great relief with the treatments.