Basic Brands Lysine Lip Balm, 0.875 oz

this works perfectly! leaves area moist on lips and aids in healing! It is effective and glides on easily.The only thing I wish it had was applicators as I dont want to touch area that is affected and then contaminate the jar!

This balm works very well! For those with GHSV, this helps alleviate/block an outbreak when feeling the symptoms, in tandem with meds and taking L-Lysine orally. I even use it when I’m not having symptoms sometimes. I know this is supposed to be a lip balm but I did my own experiment and this proved to be successful and helpful for managing symptoms. I recommend giving this a try and I’ll definitely be buying more as needed.

If I could give it 10 stars I would! I was a bit skeptical trying something new but I had the nastiest soar on my nose from it constantly running from being sick and the weather changes. So I was desperate. It took it to almost non-existent in just 3 days 💕🤌 fast acting and it feels nice to the touch. Not greasy or anything just felt light and soothing.

This product was used in conjunction with the oral L-Lysine supplement but does not affect my own personal review of the product of itself. This was written by a family member of Steven who is critically ill and is dependent upon family for care. After many excruciating months of antibiotic therapy to treat Lyme disease that had been misdiagnosed, my immune system was susceptible to almost everything. As a child, I had a horrible case of chicken pox and as the result of that now as an adult : I had broken out in the most painful and atrocious Shingles my doctor had ever seen on a patient in her 30s. Chicken pox, Shingles, and cold sores all have a common denominator and that is that all of these maladies are a strain of Herpes. For those who carry some embarrassment about this insidious virus, don't be embarrassed. Although it will always lie dormant in our bodies until activated to erupt for whatever reasons, a VAST percentage of our population is harboring the virus-both the young and the elderly...immunocompromised or just plain stressed out. I mentioned the Shingles only because I truly wish I had had this jar of balm to use on what was truly the most horrific skin affliction I've ever suffered. I recently came down with the flu and was so sick I had to be in the hospital briefly. It was then that I noticed the corner of my mouth was "cracking" and quite dry. I came home and was complaining to myself that the price of Abreva was absolutely ridiculous and so I went here to Amazon to see if there was another option for topical use. Another friend of a family member had used Abreva but honestly when I saw their next day results I had remembered their disappointment and for good reasons: inflated pricing and pretty commercial ads aside, Abreva wasn't as awesome as hoped for. I found this balm here on Amazon but because I am a skeptic I ALSO bought the least expensive oral supplement of L-Lysine (the amino acid which helps to shorten the duration of the eruption(s)). I have a Prime account but the shipping was even faster than usual which is ideal when treating the symptoms of the virus. My mouth and lips are always excruciatingly dry from an autoimmune condition leaving me perhaps more vulnerable and even so, cold sores near my mouth are so uncommon that I didn't have anything on hand excepting lip balm sans the Lysine. I would recommend always having at least the Lysine balm on hand as it works literally overnight. Once I opened my packages, the first thing I did was to use the Lysine lip balm. Although the corner of my mouth was merely just cracking, I didn't want to suffer anything further. In the morning after, I was pleased. The cracking was still there but it was already abating. It didn't tingle, it didn't blister, it simply got much better. The second day of using it the cracking was almost gone completely. I gave this product 4 stars only because it contains petroleum jelly. On the jar the labeling sort of implies it is all natural by printing "Basic Organics". Labeling is important to me. However, I do hope the price of this product stays low but I would be willing to pay a few dollars more for an all natural product--perhaps even a truly organic one! Highly recommend!

I kept getting cold sores, over and over again. Regular lysine pills bother my stomach so I tried this. I haven’t had a cold sore in months, very effective, and super moisturizing. Sometimes I use it as my regular chapstick, but normally I put it on at night.

I hardly ever write reviews about products but I needed to about this amazing angel of a product. I have unfortunately been a victim of cold sores since I was a child. The weather is my enemy for cold sores. The sun is my enemy. My face gets sunburnt guess what? I get cold sores. I get them on my chin, my nose, the inside of my nose, my lip even my eye. Its so embarrassing literally and the pain that it causes is unbelievable but let me tell you what. I just got this product after trying so many things to help get relief. I started taking the lysine pill twice a day as well. I have cold sores on my nose my chin and my lip from where my face got sunburnt over the weekend and its been a nightmare but OMG this product literally works so good! I have no more redness around the area the nasty embarrassing crusties is literally almost completely gone and btw I had nasty crusties yesterday and got this product yesterday evening and immediately applied. This is an amazing product and it smells good it doesnt feel clumpy it doesnt dry out and look gross and its also lightweight and you can use it for an everyday “chapstick” best believe I will be using this product for the rest of my life. If you take the lysine pills those also work but you have to be consistent but with this product as well! Youll be set its amazing. Ill be taking the lysine pills and using this product just to be on the safe side because im sick of these nasty cold sores its embarrassing and it makes me look disgusting and ugly. Not no more. Be gone cold sores! Helllllo Gorgeous LOL

Great product I wasn’t expecting it to work because I’ve used coconut oil to moisturize my list before, but it does its job

I never leave reviews but OMG, one of the best buys. My lips were severley dry and cracking and nothing was working. Read about this online and in four days they are almost completely smooth and back to normal. Highly recommend!