liquorice balm
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As we all head back at work or school, the weather is on the turn and cold and flu season is just around the corner - it’s an alert zone for cold sore outbreaks if you’re in the 50% of people who suffer from cold sores.
Cold sores triggers for outbreaks
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Summer is a busy time of year with school and family holidays to plan around and a generally busier social life.
Many of us might find that our skincare routines are disrupted, which can be an issue for problematic and senstive skin effected by condions
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Its festival season and a time to let your hair down and immerse yourself in the festival spirit.
While festival fever is great for the mind, your skin might not be quite so enthralled by the idea of several days without its usual cleaning and care routines.
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A wedding planner Nicola, 37, from Hampshire who had suffered from regular cold sores, sometimes as often as once a month, since she was 16 and dreaded having the 'cold sore' conversation at the start of new relationships, finds balm made from liquorice
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Like the seasons, skincare routines should change with the weather and even more so for mature skin.
Mature skin is drier than younger skin and in colder weather the humidity in the air drops and so skin becomes even drier.
Low humidity outside combined
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Valentines is a time when our lips can play a fairly important role in the proceedings so an emerging cold sore, which affect almost 50% of the population, could pour cold water on a hot date night.
A survey carried out by Skin Shop on 1000 cold sores
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Indigo Faulkner, 18, is an A Level student from Bridgenorth in Shropshire Indigo says; “When you say to friends you can’t go out because you have a cold sore, they think you’re being silly or vain.
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Every cold sore sufferer’s biggest dread is getting a cold sore just before an important event. And with over 30 million people in the UK who are infected with the herpes simplex virus, it means that almost half of us are at risk.
Cold sores typically
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By Amy Anderson Christmas is a time that can play havoc with your skin. From too much alcohol to new party clothes and scented gifts, your skin doesn’t rejoice at this festive time of year! So while you may return to work or school having had a joyful
