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I use salt to get rid of Canker sores. I wet my finger tip, pour salt on it, then rub that directly on the sore. It stings a bit, but it gets rid of them pretty quick.

It helps anal fissures, too.

I have a friend that figured this out by accident. He gets them semi/frequently, but when he started taking CBD oil (for the usual reasons), it ended up helping a lot.

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Peroxide on a q-tip will help them to heal way faster and doesn't have the crazy stinging like most solutions do.

Peroxide is generally bad for open wounds as it destroys the cells around the wound. Edit: wrong , comment below and above correct

Many treatments for canker sores (aphthous ulcers) cause a superficial zone of necrosis. If you think peroxide is harsh, check out debacterol. These treatments typically decrease the duration of discomfort and reduce the time required for the mucosa to heal.

Good to know. I’ve been suffering from them On and off my whole life I’ll have to try this.

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Interesting, I looked up treatments and why they worked just now and found out the goal of them for cankersores is to debride the ulcer , which makes sense.

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Can you please tell me what percentage peroxide you use?

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I use 3%. And when I have a really bad one, I don't even bother with the q-tip I just straight swish the peroxide in my mouth like mouthwash being careful not to swallow any, then spit and rinse like crazy. It really helps cut down the time of the painful period of the canker sore.

Good to know! There is prescription here in Canada that's called oralcort, is a steroid the helps alot to me. However if this works, then I don't need to get the prescription. Thanks

Try finding toothpaste without sodium lauryl sulfate in it. I learned years ago that that can cause them. Not many toothpastes with it no in there. But I haven't had a canker sore in years, and I would get them every month or so.

Best of luck! Hopefully it works as well for you as it does me. One caveat I noticed is that the sooner you treat it the faster it heals. So I usually rinse as soon as I notice a canker sore when it's fresh and small.

Thanks for the (q)_tip xD

"stings a bit" its the most painful thing in the world next to giving birth

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