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Does anyone else feel the tingle days before anything shows, or is it in my head?

I swear I can feel a weird tightness on my bottom lip two or three days before a cold sore actually appears, but sometimes nothing comes of it and I wonder if I am just paranoid. My partner thinks I am imagining it. Does anyone else get this early warning feeling, and if so, what do you do in that window?

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2 Alex (Labisan) · 22d ago

Great question, and you are not alone with this. Catching the trigger early is where most of the difference comes from.

3 SteadyWillow50 · 18d ago

Not in your head at all, I get that weird itchy buzz a good two or three days before anything shows up and it took me years to trust it as a real warning sign. Honestly learning to listen to it changed everything for me.

0 BraveFox28 · 17d ago

Not in your head at all, I get that weird itchy buzz a good two or three days before anything shows up and for years I thought I was imagining it too.

0 AmberMarmot93 · 15d ago

Not in your head at all, I get that weird itchy buzz on my lip a good two or three days before anything actually appears, and honestly learning to trust it instead of second guessing myself was the thing that helped most.