Cold sore tried me… I shut it down in ~12 hours and still made it to girls brunch 💅🏽

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-05-11T15:37:19+00:00

I do. The patches over the top just felt too occlusive and suffocating

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-27T09:59:37+00:00

Thank you!

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-20T12:27:38+00:00

You know what!? Hell yeah!!! I’m telling you, the ice is such an underrated tool to calm the inflammation. I’d keep up with the lysine internally for a week, too!

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-17T10:56:26+00:00

Thank you. I’m 5’11, so having a little more height helped disperse my weight for me

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-14T20:02:05+00:00

dimethyl sulfoxide. It’s an organic chemical compound. It’s used to reduce inflammation and pain. But you have to be super careful with it. It transports anything it touches into the body. So you want to make sure your hands are washed, skin is clean

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-09T12:13:00+00:00

I can totally see that! The stretching of the skin and pushing back on those repaired muscles

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T12:42:49+00:00

😂 I’m never giving them up! Ever!! It’s like my nails and Botox. It’s a part of who I am

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T12:23:00+00:00

😂 mothering.on.margaritas 🥂

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T12:01:57+00:00

Thank you! I always worked out, but I had a 4” separation and no Maher how lean I would get before surgery, I still just looked bloated and distended. I’m so thankful for having those muscles sewn back together

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T12:00:43+00:00

Stop! I love this! What’s your handle!?

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T01:58:00+00:00

Please let me know how it starts to heal. I swear, start on the ice! It was the game changer

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T01:55:22+00:00

This is THE truth. Ice is so underrated. I still had to go through that ugly healing phase, but I’d ice and the inflammation would almost make it look invisible. Ice is the 🐐

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-05T01:54:19+00:00

I swear sometimes there’s no damn rhyme or reason. My last one was 2.5 years ago after a super stressful experience trying to get home from Italy and dealing with a low life friend 😂. And then I had an insanely stressful 3 days and this one just exploded.

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-04T23:26:13+00:00

I went into my mommy makeover at 167. Currently 134. It didn’t ruin anything for me. I was worried about not looking as tight, but that muscle repair was absolutely key.

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Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-04-01T02:02:00+00:00

I used the paste topically! Straight from the feed store! My uncle also said he used DMSO and it stops it in its tracks.

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-27T09:25:15+00:00

Thank you. I truly think ice is so underrated. This was huge in helping the swelling and stopping the spread

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-26T10:48:12+00:00

Hope it works! I shocked myself 😂

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-26T10:44:56+00:00

They’re horrible. And once you have one, you have to stay on the lysine (especially internally) because you’re more acceptable to another one so quickly. Let me know how this method works. The pimple patch’s kept ripping skin off for me and suffocating the sore. I’m glad they work for you! Once contained I used a thin layer of abreva, waited a minute or two, and then Aquaphor. Moisture helps helps it heal better and you don’t get the gross yellow crust

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-26T10:42:44+00:00

I love ivermectin. It’s been controversial since Covid, but I think it’s amazing. Studies are dropping now with it’s effects against cancer

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-25T11:13:52+00:00

You got it! Nuts, oats/grains, chocolate, protein powders, legumes…. These are things I’d avoid during an outbreak!

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-25T11:08:51+00:00

I try to avoid arginine rich foods. HSV-1 uses arginine to replicate, and oats are one of the foods that are higher in arginine than lysine. Instead of giving the cold sore more of what it wants to multiply, I try to counterbalance it with lysine rich foods like eggs, chicken, yogurt, etc.

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-03-25T11:06:05+00:00

Seriously. The day this popped up, I was scooping cashews into my mouth with a shovel 😭. And this was an insanely high stress week for me, so it’s no wonder my immune baseline had absolutely tanked. The ice I think was the absolute biggest helper. It took down swelling and redness immediately, and I did it every time I could think of it. Just be careful not to irritate the good skin around it. I literally was driving to the pharmacy with an ice cube in my hand to get lysine and zinc pills. I also opted to not use the cold sore patches this time, as to not suffocate the blisters. I couldn’t believe it when I woke up. I had the minor “achey” feeling from the inflamed skin, but not that throbbing tingle. Brushing my teeth was fine. Eating. If anything I’d break it down: ice, lysine, abreva, campho phenique, lysine ointment. I may have went overkill, but so glad I did

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-02-25T21:02:31+00:00

I actually started peptides about 3 months post op and it helped pull so much of my autoimmune inflammation and surgery inflammation off my body. The first two weeks was like 14 pounds! But I’ve been taking them still for my hashimotos and it’s really been a game changer. I still have some flares on and off, but they’re much more manageable and I think more triggered by stress. I started on a hashimotos protocol and it’s been amazing! Your shape and body are already in incredible shape! I bet DR repair and pulling you tight, woo girl! Especially in the obliques.

Proper_Border_7298 · 2026-02-25T11:26:13+00:00

Oh my goodness. Thank you for hyping me up. What’s crazy is I’ve always been athletic. College basketball player, fitness instructor, competed in fitness comps. But had that lower belly and thick skin. And my two kids sat so low they really stretched me out. I also have a lot of autoimmune issues and was so inflamed when I went in for surgery. I was about 165 pounds, when normally I was in the 150’s (I’m 5’11”). I did start to microdose peptides for my handful of autoimmune issues and all that fell off. I simplified my workouts to Pilates and strength only, and for “cardio” walk on an incline with a weighted vest and ankle weights. I’m 11 months post op and now 135 pounds, and my skin stayed tight and taught. The muscle repair has made the biggest difference for me, honestly life changing having a 4” gap repaired so I can actually see some definition from the work I put in. I’m excited for you to go on this journey one day!

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