Officially Aphthous Ulcer
They suck. But I get them every time I bite my inner lip by accident. Every time. 100%.
They last pretty much exactly two weeks. The first 2-3 days is the forming, the next 10 days or so is pain. Pain when eating, pain everyday, all day. Then they start healing. They suck.
I tried all kinda of products:
I tried placing salt on it whenever I could (ahh, the temporary super painful stinging!)
I tried drinking salt water
I tried cleaning my toothbrush/using a new one.
I tried using those oral gels (Orajel) which coats it and forms a little orajel shield
I tried using Oralmedic – what this does is like…chemically BURNS your cold sore off (I think). It stings more than salt but you’re left with is a hole of scarred inner lip hole. This actually stops the pain for 2-3 days…but I find the coldsore starts to continue to form around the burned hole. Eventually, everything heals, just like it normally does.
I finally settled on Kanka – which doesn’t heal the cold sore at all but uses a numbing liquid. I put it on my mouth before every time I would eat…and it would solve the pain issue temporarily.
None of these methods really worked.
But after 28 years, I figured out what I’ll continue to do for the rest of my life:
I started spraying topical Hydrogen Peroxide Solution (3%) on it…whenever I remember to (once or twice a day). I spray my canker sore right after the bite (lip trauma) is formed. I spray it again a few hours later, basically once every 6 hours or so…if I can…but if I forget, whatever. Anyways…I bit my lip last Sunday. The canker sore slightly formed in the next 5 days or so…but by the 7th’s day, it’s already healed. That’s literally cutting healing time in half. Now, for someone that must get these at least 6 times a year (and if they last 2 weeks, that’s 3 months of a year), having it cut in half is awesome. Not only that but the canker sore wasn’t nearly as painful. It also didn’t grow more than a 2-3 mm in size (as opposed to 5mm – 1cm in diameter), it’s awesome.
I just wanted to share this if you suffer from canker sores as well. I know one of my friends was exactly the same…every time she bit her lip, a canker sore formed. Just like me.
I’m extremely happy I finally solved this. I’ve done it with the last 2-3 canker sores but this last one, I really noticed the difference and counted the days.
I love you Hydrogen Peroxide, I could kiss you! Which is kinda what I’ve been doing this last week. Don’t tell anyone about this saucy affair though. Oh man, I think I’ve gone insane.