Herpotherm Cold Sore Treatment Device - Reusable and Clinically Proven

Edit:I thought it only fair that I update my scaving review of this product. Initially I used it on developed sores, which had little to no effect and I found other treatments more effective. This can make my lips raw which feels like it does help spread already nasty sores. However. This works incredibly well for me on 'tingles'. Usually a tingle means a sore, regardless of what I try. Bit this Herpotherm has become my go to device, I try to keep it with me at all times. One or two blasts usually stops a sore from developing. If you suffer from cold sores, you'll know that the 'tingle' phase can feel different each time, for me when my lip stings but there is no blister developed yet I know I'm getting a monster sore that will really bother me. This device stops these stings/tingles almost immediately and almost without fail for me. I'm dreading the day this packs in, because there seems to be quality control issues with the newer devices and my device lasts a long time on battery. ------------------ This is a terrible device and a terrible idea. I bought this in preparation of the next attack. I get cold sores regularly and I find them incredibly painful. On a scale of one to 10 I rate coldsores at an 8. They have a big impact on my life. This morning I felt the itch and decided to try the 'Herpotherm' device that I bought a few months ago. I found it quite painful to use initially, but obviously didn't want to write it off after one use. Initially it did stave off the tingling feeling for a few minutes, but it came back again. Worried about using it again, I left it a few hours before using it again, by this point the blister hadn't quite appeared, but I could feel it coming, so had to do something. I used it again, it really hurt this time, my lip swelled up and the coldsore has flourished like it has never flourished. My lip is swollen, it actually looks burned, the surround area is very red and the blisters look yellowish and are so painful that I am concerned that they are infected. The cold sore has 'grown' quicker than normal and it feels much more painful than my usual cold sores. The thought of using it again is unbearable. I'm never putting this thing near my face again, and I wouldn't recommend anyone else does either. All it does is burns your lip and creates the perfect environment for a coldsore to flourish, it will make your lip very red and tender and a little swollen. I'm sure it's an idea that works in a lab on viruses in Petri dishes, but not a human face that is sensitive.

Like other reviewers, this is the first time that I have been moved to review a product. I was skeptical but like most cold sore sufferers, I was desperate to try anything. It really, really does work though! I ordered the Herpotherm once I already had a cold sore so wasn't sure whether it would work. It arrived while I was at blister stage but thought it was worth trying anyway. I used it constantly for 2 days (every couple of hours) and the cold sore was gone. It was still a little red and swollen but the pain was gone and it felt dead. My cold sores usually last at least 2 weeks and then another 1-2 weeks for the redness to go. Using the Herpotherm made it disappear in less than a week. I was still dubious about whether it had worked and thought that maybe this sore was just going already on its own. I have waited until after another attack to write this review because I wanted to see the effect from tingle stage. I can now report that it works amazingly from tingle, pre-blister stage! As soon as I felt the cold sore, I started using it approx. 6 times a day, 3 bursts at 10 second intervals as recommended. 48 hours later, it is completely gone. Only a slightly dry patch of skin. Completely amazing. It is quite painful to use but not unbearable. As soon as you feel like it is too much, the little red light goes out to signal the heat burst is finished. And I would much rather have these tiny 5 second bursts than over 2 weeks of pain and illness of cold sores. Buy it now!

I am very happy to report that this actually works. Whenever I feel the usual tingling sensation on my lips(usually on a day that my body feels weak, due to lack of sleep/hard gym training/feeling under the weather), I use it 2-3 consecutive times on the affected spot and then proceed using one of the "over the counter" creams(ie zovirax, which on its own usually cannot prevent it from appearing a few minutes later). I consistently get no cold sores at all this way. It cannot be just a coincidence and I doubt it's just the placebo effect. I've had the device for a few months now and I am pretty sure it prevented cold sores from appearing at least 5-6 times till now. The pain doesn't seem that bad to me and it only lasts 2-3sec anyway. I am very happy with the product. I won't give a 5-star rating just because of the manufacturing quality. It's not sturdy/robust at all for it's price(it's just a piece of plastic with a ceramic point and the circuit inside it is very simple/cheap to make). If it won't fail for the next 2-3 years, then money well spend. I spend a lot more on creams/balms/patches etc anyway.

Can I begin by saying, I am not a person who would normally shout my 'product review opinions' from the roof-tops - but there are occasions when one needs to speak out and share experiences. The day before yesterday I had the Grand-daddy of all Cold Sores. It was extremely sore, broken skin, pulsating, itching and darned unsightly - I know you understand!! And I ran out of Zovirax. I purchased this little Herpotherm in desperation (and in hope if truth be told) and as I am a Prime Member, was relatively sure it would get to me next day. I wasn't all that confident in it's efficacy but as it was based on what I would consider common sense, I was more than willing to give it a try. The literature tells us that the Herpes Virus is resistant up to 50 degreesC, so this gadget zaps it at 51 degrees C. Yey! But would one degree make a different? Apparently, YES!! Today I have a sore on my lip, where the skin has burst, but that is healing fast. The itch and burn has gone. I admit I have blasted the Cold Sore every hour or so, so I think it could kill off most horrible bugs, but I am very VERY impressed. Let's be honest here, the first time I used it, it hurt. But logically, it will won't it? Sore skin + 51 degree heat source directly applied = pain. BUT, I persisted as much as this damned herpes virus did and won :-) The more I used it, the less it hurt. Now (I'm still zapping it - just in case there are any outliers in there ... lurking in the borders ) it's just a tingle, no worse than the sting of the Cold Sore itself. This thing is staying in my handbag ready for the next inevitable onslaught. But I have one question ... what should we use to clean the hot end of the device? Surgical spirit?? Keeping my Zovirax - just in case the Herpotherm doesn't work at first tingle next time. But if it does work, Zovirax is history :-) I do wish they could come up with a better name though : what about Cold Sore Blaster??

I was plagued by cold sores for about a year and a half - as soon as one healed up another appeared - every other week. I tired every non-prescription remedy, and did find a solution. I have no cold sores anymore. Here is a list of things that work and that don't. Obviously, Herpotherm is one of the remedies I tired, hence the review on this page. 1. Aciclovir (Zovirax). Simply does not work. Expensive, but does not prevent the cold sore, or make the healing process quicker. On application cold sores last about 10 days, and go through every stage, from blister, to weeping wound, to scab etc. Waste of time and money. 2. Herpotherm. I had high hopes for it when ordered last Christmas, and I have very mixed feelings. As my cold sores arrived as regular trains according to schedule, I was able to use Herpotherm before the sores appeared. Sometimes it did succeed to delay the cold sore appearing, but they appeared nevertheless. One time it made the cold sore much much worse. As I figured out later, it was a secondary infection, resulting in Angular Cheiltis. I started treating a normal cold sore with Herpotherm, but the sore not just go away, but grew and grew to the biggest I have ever had, and then developed yellow crust. There was no point in persisting with the Herpotherm treatment, I went to GP who gave me an antibacterial cream, and the sore quickly went... I was left with a big scar in the corner of my mouth. All in all, Herpotherm is still handy to have, providing you combine it with other treatments, and being aware that it can make you vulnerable to secondary infections. Oh, and it is now broken, after just 6 months of use. 3. Boots infraread treatment. It is hard to believe, but whenever I used this thing sores did not appear. I did get a red patch, which quickly went, and could not really be identified as a cold sore. 4. Lysine tablets. Again, I had no great expectation, but since I started taking those, I have not had any sores at all. Now, as we are dealing with the immune system, which is a synonym for "complicated", it is hard to say which individual treatment worked, or if they all had a part in curing me. If I had to pick one, I will pick Lysine. But it gives me comfort to have Herpotherm as well as the other treatments, so I don't regret buying it, and I compliment those trying to develop new treatments. I also realise that I represent a very bad, extreme case of a cold sore sufferer, and Herpotherm may be much more effective for mild sufferers. If you do suffer loads my advice would be to start taking 6 grams of L Lysine daily, and have Boots infraread, and Herpotherm handy, and you will win. Good luck.

I have suffered with cold sores most of my life. Like most people I have periods where I am run down, busy or exhausted and the frequency of eruptions increases. One sore goes and then another replaces it. It makes you feel awful! I was so down about constantly having an almost permanent scab on my lip that I did not see any harm in buying the Herpo-Therm. I mean, after all, what was there to lose? It's about the same price as 7 tubes of Zovirax, which I appear to have built up an immunity to... along with Compeed patches and no end of other brands of treatment! Shortly after ordering my Herpo-Therm arrived as described and on time, but this isn't a review of delivery times although they were good the day it arrived I had a tingle, and I cautiously took the Herpo-Therm to my lip. YES! It hurts a bit and it does make you wince on the first couple of attempts (it does heat up to 51 degrees C afterall!). Man up! You do get used to it. Guess what? No cold sore eruption! I kept blasting the tingle for the next couple of days and the blister didn't even form. I am writing this review now because I had another tingle yesterday and had left my Herpo-Therm at home. So, when I got home from work, I blasted the tingle a couple of times, then a couple of times before bed and have been sporadically blasting it all day today and the tingle has gone and the blister has not formed! I will update this review when get another tingle just to inform you all that it is not a fluke. But so far, so good!

OK, I bought this because I just had a huge coldsore in August and I usually get one in September due to going back to work. This year my toddler is going through a bad sleeping phase so I'm not sleeping much, I have been under a lot of stress and there's hormonal aspects and I just knew I would get another coldsore straight after my huge one due to all these factors. I ordered this, popped it straight in my work bag along with the instructions, hoping I wouldn't get another one. So the other day I'm in work and I feel an intense itching, it was coming and going and tingling too so I went to use this for the first time. It was hot, but nothing I couldn't cope with, and the "pain" only lasts for a second. Just as you think it's too painful it instantly stops and cools down so it's not that bad. I used it again a few hours later as the itching and tingling was still there (but not as bad, I must admit), again it was a bit painful, like a pinch similar to having a jab but over in a second, it's enough to make me shut my eyes that's about it. Anyway, no coldsore came up! So does it work? I don't know for sure, maybe the tingling wasn't a coldsore on the way and it's just luck, so I can't say for sure what it's effect is on an official coldsore, but I can say it doesn't hurt and I feel better knowing I have it with me and can use it when I feel like one is coming on without having to get the zovirax out or actually have to touch my lips, which is great, especially at a time when we are being told not to touch our faces. I am very pleased and feel positive about using it when I actually do get a coldsore (only a matter of time) knowing its not going to hurt and might actually help. I would recommend this based on my experience so far.

Amazing. Buy it. I have suffered from cold sores since I was a teenager. For me, if I catch the earliest moment of tingle/fat lip feeling with acyclovir cream, the sore may last only a week from tingle, blister, scab and healing. Miss it by a few hours and it could be 10 days or more. Doesn't help that I had my spleen whipped out after a skiing accident, which has depressed my immune system. I saw a light based machine in a chemist and searched for reviews as I'd not seen such machines before. Quite amazed I have not learnt of electronic solutions. I then found out about the heat-based machines, which cost much less than the light source machine in the chemist. It arrived 2 days ago, and coincidentally a cold sore started coming up over night (lack of good sleep for 3 days was enough to bring it on). I noticed it this morning when brushing teeth: That taught, under the skin feeling. And saw the watery blister starting to firm. I blasted the area three times with the Herpatherm... The tingle lessened. I used the Herpatherm again maybe 10 times throughout the day, giving 2-3 blasts every time, leaving a good 10seconds between each heating cycle. The cold sore just has not appeared. The blister under the skin of my lip has dissipated. There is no dryness and cracking of skin associated with use of acyclovir. The skin is a little taught, that is all. I will continue to use throughout the evening and tomorrow morning, just ti make sure. I am truly amazed. This is life changing for me. I have tried Lysine (it does speed up healing) and other supplements, but these do not stop cold sores from forming. I urge any cold sore sufferer to try the Herpatherm. I know what it is like to have a horrible scabby sore on the lip..so self conscious and painful.

I have suffered from cold sores since I was a young child. I have thus tried everything: creams, patches, homeopathic medicine and I even bought one of those virulite machines. This is BY FAR the best thing that works for me. Cuts healing time dramatically, especially if you catch it at the tingling phase. I actually recently lost mine and came here to buy another one. Very sad to see it is unavailable on the CanadIan and American Amazons. Even tried to order off the UK Amazon but they weren't able to ship here. Please come back to Canada!!

L'unico articolo che mi ha cambiato veramente la vita risolvendomi o alleviandomi anche solo il fastidio dell'herpes labialis che ho fin da piccola. Avevo provato con qualsiasi rimedio sia officinale, sia farmacologico, che casalingo ma niente, fino a quando non ho conosciuto questa magica penna. Si usa direttamente sulla zona che formicola, quando ancora non è uscita fuori la vescica e previene la sua formazione. Oppure se usato quando già la viscica è uscita lo si può usare per ridurre i tempi di durata e per accelerare la guarigione. Unica cosa da stare attenti è che usa un forte calore che inizialmente, non essendoci abituati, può dare fastidio,ma poi ci si abitua. Con pochi utilizzi, il calore mirato, ad una temperatura e durata calibrati si risolve o si argina il problema dell'herpes labialis in tempi record. Funziona a pile.

Cada persona es un mundo y no a todos nos funcionan las mismas cosas. En mi caso a día de hoy 01-03-2020 lo he usado varias veces, y si lo usas aplicándolo cada poco tiempo ( cada 10-15) minutos en el primer y segundo día de la aparición es super efectivo. El herpes se seca muchísimo más rápido que usando pomadas y es mucho más cómodo ya que no tienes el pegote de crema en la boca todo el rato. Si bien es cierto que aguantar el calor de cada aplicación puede resultar algo incómodo, yo prefiero pasar un poco de molestia y acabar con el herpes en menos tiempo. En algunos comentarios he leído que la pila dura poco, no es así, lo que pasa es que se desajusta del aparato y hay qye sacarla y volverla a meter. Espero que os ayude mi opinión. Yo lo volvería a comprar.

Da ich leider eine der Personen bin, die von Herpes geplagt werden und gleichzeitig aber die Bläschen immer über Nacht kommen, sodass ein rechtzeitiges Handeln gar nicht möglich sein kann, hatte ich mir von einer Heilpraktikerin diesen Stift empfehlen lassen. Zuerst hatte ich ihn angesehen, da das Bläschen aber schon weg war, nicht direkt bestellt, sondern gedacht ich warte erst einmal ab, bis das nächste Bläschen kommt. Natürlich ließ das nächste Bläschen nicht auf sich warten und kam dann an einem Samstag Spätabend. Tja, selbst Amazon kann leider dann frühstens am Montag das Paket verschicken und aus dem einen Bläschen bildeten sich dann 4 kleine. Da in der Beschreibung auch hier steht, bei dem ersten jucken, hatte ich mir schon keine Erfolgschancen ausgerechnet, allerdings trotzdem gleich am Dienstag dann ausprobiert. Bläschen waren schon deutlich sichtbar. Die Handhabung war einfach, jedoch wie schon von anderen beschrieben können 52 ° sehr warm sein und die 4 Sekunden auch sehr lang (vor allem die letzte Sekunde). Angenehm ist es jetzt nicht gerade aber sehr gut zu verkraften. Mein Problem war allerdings, dass ich die Metallplatte vorn nicht sehe und somit auch nicht präzise sehe, wo ich es gerade auflege, weshalb ich (aufgrund der vier Bläschen) einfach großzügig immer wieder gedrückt habe. Kurz danach war es noch ein wenig warm und nach ca. einer halben Stunde habe ich die Bläschen schon nur noch bemerkt, wenn ich direkt drauf gedrückt habe. Kein jucken, kein brennen mehr. Einfach weg. Die Bläschen selbst waren am nächsten Tag schon ausgetrocknet, die Kruste hatte die normale Wundheilungszeit. Ok, der Preis mag für einen so kleinen Stift nicht gerade günstig sein, allerdings wenn man die diversen Cremes und Pads hochrechnet mit pro Bläschen ca. 10 Euro dann hat man das sehr schnell wieder reingeholt das Geld. Ich würde ihn jedem empfehlen und würde ihn auch jederzeit wieder kaufen. Einfach sehr, sehr tolle Erfindung. Leider in der Werbung noch viel zu wenig vertreten, aber dieses Produkt überzeugt nicht durch Werbung sondern durch Funktionalität.

Il faut mettre un nombre de caractères obligatoire ce qui est bien dommage ! ce produit ne mérite qu'une critique, une excellentissime critique..... Simplement PARFAIT !