Apply this to the cold sore around your lip or up your nose for a full fifteen minutes, twice a day. I have found that this approach very often resolves a cold sore within a day or two.

You could actually have a cold sore (yep, they can pop up basically ... which looks like small red bumps or white-headed pimples around a nose hair follicle, you’ll want to put OTC bacitracin ...

Dr Grant replies: Cold sores around the nose and mouth (oral and nasal mucosa) are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) which can also affect the genital mucosa, eye, skin, central ...