Basic Brands Lysine Lip Balm, 0.875 oz

I absolutely love the Basic Brands L-Lysine Lip Ointment! It’s become my go-to for everything — soothing dry lips, keeping them soft, and even preventing irritation or cold sores before they start. The formula with camphor, menthol, and vitamins A & E feels amazing — cooling, comforting, and never sticky. I’ve completely stopped using regular chapsticks since switching to this. It just works so much better. I keep one everywhere — in my car, bathroom, nightstand, purse, and vanity — because I never want to be without it. If you’re looking for something that truly protects and restores your lips (not just covers dryness for a few minutes), this ointment is a total game-changer. Highly recommend!

This has been a game changer, I thank God for this. I was getting ready for a date two days ago when I felt my lips tingling and swelling. I saw it in the mirror and almost broke down crying. I quickly applied this ointment generously and took some L Lysine supplement I got here on Amazon, ashwaganda & magnesium glycinate supplements and drank a lot of water. Almost immediately I felt the tingling stop and my lips began to feel normal. The date did not go as planned but at least the sores did not form on my lips, & it was literally gone in less than a hour, which was a major win 🏅!!!!! This is my second time using this lip balm to stop a sore from blistering on my lips at the first instance & it completely did not blister up or hurt at all. So if you get the bumps on your lips you need this, it’s a staple now for me, I use it daily as a lip balm, especially during the seasons changes. This is my first jar and it has lasted me a long time & I barely have scratched the surface. I work at a clinic & I be putting the patients on to this lip balm. Abreva and all the other big name brands don’t even come close to this power house lip balm, just apply this generously and take your l lysine supplement and ashwaganda because it lowers the stress hormone cortisol & helps your nerves relax and your immune system gets better. I’ll be ordering more to have in each of my purses and travel bags. This baby works !!!!

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.

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.

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!

I've suffered from cold sores/fever blisters for years, as far back as I can remember. I used to always have 2-3 tubes of Abreva around just in case... until I've noticed Abreva no longer stops the outbreaks like it used to, even with me applying at that first sign of tingling. And let's not forget the price! One night when I frantically jumped on Amazon to get a new tube of Abreva, this Lysine Lip Ointment popped up in my search results... I was curious and decided, for $4 plus shipping (about $7.xx total), why not - it was still 1/3 of what I was paying for one tube of Abreva. I've been using it now for about 7.5 months and this thing is AMAZING. I've always been good with putting it on at the first sign of tingling and this stops it from ever forming (like how Abreva used to, grrrr) and I'm hoping it will continue to do so. Only once did I forget and didn't put it on right away and a small little one formed but with religious application it never got bigger than a little bubble and that went away in about 2 days! Used to be 2+ weeks for me! I currently have a fever blister on my nose... which I didn't know you could get, oh the pain... :_( and thank goodness once I realize what it is I immediately apply this Lysine Ointment liberally and it's been 5 days and it's already done (scabs about to fall off) and it stopped hurting about 2 days ago. You have to give it a try! I'm actually home visiting my parents and saw my had currently has one so I just ordered a 2 pack so that he can get one and I have an extra just in case ($7.xx for one or $10.xx for two with free shipping) how could I not?! To think back on how much money I've spent on Abreva, I wish I'd discover this sooner! Side note: this little tub lasts forever. I don't use it everyday but I do use it regularly, and when I'm applying to a tingling spot or cold sore (the one on my nose right now) I apply a lot, as in I goop it on there(!) and in 7.5 months I've only used maybe 1/5 of it, at most. Get it! Your mouth & nose will thank you for it! Fun Fact: did you know cold sores/fever blisters develop only on mucous membrane... so you can get it on your lips, your nose, and EVEN YOUR EYES!!!!! One of my customers had it in her eye (her MD diagnosed it)... OUCH!

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.