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Dave (Colorado Springs, CO) on 06/05/2007
5 out of 5 stars

I have had genital herpes for quite some time but have had few problems pop up over the years. But when they do, it's devastating. I've tried all kinds of pharmaceutical ointments and they work eventually after a period of days have gone by. The other day I had a "breakout of one". And if you have this problem ONE is all you need to screw up the next week to 10 days. I had been reading about apple cider vinegar and decided to put it on me but a bandaid was out of the question for me and the area concerned. So I did this. Before bed I soaked the first 4 inches of an ace bandage wrap in apple cider vinegar...both sides until it was saturated. I then wrapped this around my unit on the problem area, continuously wrapping until the wrap was finished. It was only about 12 inches long. I then put a piece of tape over the wrap to hold it in place and let the ACV do its work and went to bed. Holy crap! The next day the swelling was completely gone and the blister was done. With the exception of me knowing where the blister was you can't even tell I've had anything. Just because I'm overly cautious I'm gonna do it again tonight.

Women, I would suggest soaking a cotton ball down and using a bandaid that can peel off easily...maybe children's bandaids? Regardless, do it and let it work overnight while you sleep. ACV won't bother your skin at all. Hope this helps at least one person.

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Replied By Louisa (Austin, Texas) on 09/20/2009

Dave, your remedy worked for me exactly as you said! Thanks for sharing that!
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Replied By Devastated Diva (Seattle, Wa) on 02/10/2010

I just found out i have "it" a few days ago so this being my first outbreak i am a complete mess. I had a horribble day yesterday and wanted some comfort and i found this site. It is soooo painful and i was feeling like i cant deal with this anymore. after so many of u suggested acv i decided to try it. i cried when it was applied as it hurt soooo bad, but that only lasted for about 10mins. now the swelling is almost all the way down and it doesnt hurt like yest. today i took ur advice and soaked a cotton ball and sit in on there. it already feels better. i cant believe this works, its amazing. im so happy i found this site,i was going crazy, feeling alone as i dont want to bother my partner everytime i feel or see somthing new...is there a chat room on here?

EC: No chat room, sorry!

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Replied By Vane (Florida) on 05/08/2014

This soooooo helped me!!!!
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Replied By Herb Med (California) on 02/17/2016

This is wrong: suggesting that women or anyone else for that matter, "use a cotton ball with ACV and tape it in place of the sore over night". depending on the type of skin, some skin types can handle the acid, other type of more sensitive skin may get damaged from acid burn. -- A lady stated in this forum that just by applying ACV a couple of times per day, her skin turned raw and she could hardly sit. Imagine if she had taped the acid to her skin over night.
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