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As we move forward through the warmer months, patients are eager to display their gorgeously sun kissed skin and flawless smiles, but what about those looming cold sores?<\/em><\/p>\n

The exciting months of warm weather don\u2019t need to be dampened by the appearance of cold sores. Reward yourself with a visit to Michelle Enmark, DDS in Sacramento and have your nasty cold sore removed with a laser in as little as a single appointment. To find out more about cold sores and how we can help you get rid of them, have a read through the following article and understand what a cold sore really is, how you can reduce your chances of their occurrence and how laser treatment is an effective method of cold sore removal.<\/p>\n

What are cold sores?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By definition, cold sores are fever blisters caused by Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) type 1 (not to be confused for HSV-2, which is commonly called genital herpes and it blooms around the human genitalia). Since the virus never leaves the body, roughly about 8 in 10 people are infected.\u00a0 There are a handful of different triggers speculated to cause a cold sore outbreak:<\/p>\n