Nyal Cold Sore Cream

Absolutely incredible – I didn't think much of the old formula unlike most here. But it was after hours and it's all the local supermarket had so in a desperate attempt I got it. I got to the car and put it straight on. Omg I got so much relief. I had most of my top lip covered in cold sores from a virus and it was so painful. It instantly took the pain and swelling away. I am over the moon with the results and will be my now go to on the rare occasion I get cold sores Show details

Terrible product – Use to use this product all the time was thick and felt Good when put on now it’s watery and rubbish l don’t know why this company changed such a once great product does not work l think it’s all about money product is now not worth buying Show details

Pointless change to product – I've been using Nyal for years. I recently bought a new tube to find that it is watery & not a cream. I have been using it now for a week, it no longer works, it did nothing. Why do companies change a good product if it worked great in the first place? Waste of money. Show details

Can now be bought at Discount Chemist Warehouse - revised opinion – I was one of the people who panned the Nyal Cold Sore cream on here because it looked like Nyal took away the original version and released the new version in the same packaging, depriving us of a beloved and useful product. Now I have to pull my head in and eat my words. Sorry Nyal. Certainly, I haven't been able to buy the original on… Read more

supermarket shelves for many years and the new version has been made to look a lot like the old one.

However, when I happened on the old version on Ebay I noticed it was coming from Discount Chemist Warehouse (with whom I have no relation) so I trotted in there and fought my way through to the lip creams and treatments, and there it was, hidden under all the acyclovir creams - the original! So, either it's still being made, or DCW has gotten a good truckload of them back in the day. Whatever, I bought a bunch for my preppers stash. Get yours now. I hope they are still being made and they sure look new. All Nyal need to do is a little expectations management with the description and sort out the distribution. 'Lip cream' would be closer to the mark.

They have now changed back to the former excellent product – I did a rather scathing review of this product on the 8/5/15, referring to this product as "Cheap Garbage". I have noticed since my review there have been others similar to mine. Well Hallelujah!.. it seems the Nyal company must have seen/listened to the complaints because it would appear they have gone back to their former excellent product.… Read more

Today when I was in Chemist Warehouse I noticed this product, back to its former size of 10g, with the old original formula containing menthol & camphor, (which the new garbage product did not contain).

A good price too...$6.99.

Either Chemist Warehouse are selling perfectly good old stock or Nyal have listened to the complaints & gone back to the old former excellent product..... I think probably the latter.

For those of you out there that may not be able to tell the difference between the excellent formula product, (which I bought today), & the cheap garbage product, (which I reviewed on 8/5/15) .....

The good one comes in a 10g tube ... contains menthol & camphor & is manufactured for Nyal by Inova Pharmaceuticals Help Street, Chatswood NSW 2067.

The cheap garbage one comes in a 5g tube with apparently no menthol or camphor content & is manufactured by Valeant Pharmaceuticals Rider Boulevard, Rhodes NSW 2138.

I generally use this product for dried crack lips & find it very soothing & effective.

Hope this review assists all of you out there.

All Rounder! – My whole family loves this product! Not just for it's effectiveness on cold sores but also for the relief of chapped lips (and noses). It has a great menthol scent that helps to clear your nose as well. I use this as a lip balm, especially at night time to help heal split lips. It is very thick so you do have to use it sparingly or you'll have… Read more

a visible white layer of cream, but this also makes it very protective and soothing. My one complaint is the tube itself, it is an old fashioned foil/metal tube so over time the tube splits and the cream oozes out of the splits instead of the nozzle.

I will also add that I recently bought a new tube (in new packaging) and it is not the same formula. The tube is a lot smaller than before and it's not as moisturizing. It no longer has the menthol scent that I liked, so I have gone on a hunt and stocked up on the old stuff before "perhaps" it is no longer available. Whether or not the new formula is more effective on sores I don't know, but I do believe that because I use this as a balm constantly I think it actually stops me from getting sores more often and definitely stops them from getting any bigger. good for sores and as a balm tube splits over time, don't like the "new" formula

The best! – I had the biggest cold sore that I had ever experienced (I get them 2-3 a year). So, I tried this for the first time and wow! My cold sore that took up half my bottom lip was gone in 4 days! Incredible. I wish I had this when I was in high school! Show details

Not just for cold sores! – Due to chronic eczema I often have dry cracked skin, to bleeding point, on my fingers and feet, Nyal Cold Sore Cream is the only product that heals the deep cracks. Great for cold sores too, as long as you catch them when they first start to tingle. Show details

Gets rid of cold sores fast – I had two cold sores 2 weeks ago, I used the compeed patches which made the cold sores even worse I think - soggy, yellow, scabby, and took over 2 weeks to heal (while looking gross). I got another cold sore as soon as they started healing, and used Nyal. Yes the formula is a bit watery, but it does rub in well. I used it every 2 hours as soon as… Read more

I felt the cold sore, and honestly, the cold sore did not even really come up or be painful. It's day 3 and it's almost gone, no scabbing or throbbing or swelling. Zovirax probably works the same (and consistency thicker) but Nyal is way cheaper. Highly recommend!

Nyal Cold Cream now watery rubbish – Used to be great. Now it's watery rubbish without the nice smell and soothing feeling. Nyal you have lost your audience !!! Show details

Use to be great now it’s watery rubbish – Seems to be a hit and miss with consistency in the product. The thicker cream is ideal but the watery substance that can’t be spread is useless for applying to a cold sore. Reading the reviews it seems to be between 5G and 10g formula. Chemist version is good…Woolies is rubbish although packaging is the same? Show details

Far too runny! – It's a while since I bought this product because the little tube lasts a long time. When I opened the new tube I thought something was wrong with it! It was so runny it poured out of the tube! I put the cap on and shook it (I could hear it sloshing like water in a bottle) but it didn't thicken up. It spreads everywhere and doesn't stay where it's… Read more

needed so I have to apply it often. It has calmed the cold sore but I apply this stuff about every 30 minutes because I don't feel it stays on my lips. It's just not practical. It needs to be a thicker cream.

Go back to the old recipe,I'm not going to pay good money for crap ,it does NOTHING.wast of time – 5g cold sore cream,Does not work anymore. Go back to the old way of making it. It's way to runny,thinker is better,has nyal changed Management.????? Why do company s change things that work your old cream was so good,but the new one does nothing at all Show details

Change of formula.. Why has nyal changed the consistency of this cold sore cream.It is much thinner – Not the same formula. Doesn't work as it it used to..Ive used this for years Why has the formula and consistency changed? Not happy with this new product..doesn't work as it used to. Show details

What happened to Nyal Cold Sore Cream – I opened the tube only to find what I thought was a bad batch of the cream, yellow runny and not the same smell. I went online only to find out the ingredients had changed. WHY change something that WORKED, unbelievable. I won't be buying it again.  Show details

nyal cold sore cream – Come on Nyal get your act together, go back to your old style cream. Which was thick and worked. New cream is like watered down milk. We will never use it again, until you improve the quality of your product.  Show details

I thought id try thid instead of zovirax as nyal was by far cheaper – After day 3 using nyal to treat a potentially nasty cold sore Has dried up some but hasn't healed it yet which i throught id see better results although i suppose its a bit early to tell so I'll post again in another 3 days in which it should have mostly healed in that time if not it's not really an effective treatment at least for myself but we'll know by then whether or not its effective for healing or just to relieve symptoms Show details

Great product, more so for every day use – I have never had cold sore, so I really don't need to worry about the active ingredients, this cream is the best I've found to actually protect the lips. Especially when they are already injured. Show details

The formula has changed! – I've bought this product regularly for many, many years, not for cold sores but because I get terrible hay fever and this product would soothe my red, sore nostrils and burning lips like nothing else. I bought a tube last week and not only has the volume of product changed, BUT the price hasn't, the formula has changed as well. It is watery and… Read more

not creamy and thicker like it used to be , the taste is foul and where has the menthol gone?? I'm very disappointed and won't be purchasing this again.

Edited to add: Ah ha! I see from reading further reviews that Nyal actually have TWO versions of this! The antiviral one was what I bought, not realising that the one I usually purchase is the 10g tube, which is not the one labelled Anti Viral. Thank goodness it's still made! I'm off to buy the real deal at Chemist Warehouse.

Contans no anti-coldsore active ingredients! Won't stop your cold sore growing! – I couldn't believe this when I realised it. Sold as a cold sore cream but it has NO ingredients which stop the coldsore spreading/growing. Imagine all the poor people who are panicking and trying to stop a cold sore developing and they choose this misleading product. If you want to stop your cold sore GROWING, look for their "anti viral" version… Read more

which actually contains acyclovir or find another brand which contains actual ingredients which fight cold sores like acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir.

Effective and good value – Not rocket science. Nyal cold sore cream 10 gm contains camphor and menthol. No anti viral activity, but will offer some local relief of symptoms. Nyal Anti Viral Cold Sore Cream contains acyclovir (same ingredient if Zovirax), but cost for Nyal is about $1.50/gm against $7.50/gm for Zovirax. In my former pharmacy life, I could make the same strength acyclovir cream for about 20 cents/gm! Methinks, Zovirax is making a killing! Show details

Too thin..not as good as zovirax – The base is way too thin.it dosnt stay on the lips at all.zovirax is way better..what was Nyal thinking..it's not even as effective as other brands because it's like water. Show details

Old cream is excellent – Old cream with Camphor and Menthol is excellent and Works but I can’t find it in Woolworth or Coles anymore. The new antiviral one is Rubbish and doesn’t work at all. Show details

Don’t confuse the 2 Nyall cold sore creams – Nyall now make an Antiviral cold sore cream but still make the normal cold sore cream with menthol and camphor which is like a thickened barrier type consistency. I was upset because I thought they stopped making it and it’s the best ever. I have used it for many years. I am allergic to the antiviral creams.

Soooo disappointed! – WHY MESS WITH THE FORMULA!!!!!!? I have been using Nyal cold sore cream for over ten years - and absoloutely loved it. Recommended it to all my friends - not as a cold sore treatment, but for dry and chapped lips. It was the ONLY product that eased my lips and didn't leave a waxy residue. When I did have a cold sore and I was pregnant,… Read more

it was the ONLY product I could use, as all the others had nasty chemicals and were not recommended for pregnant women.

The new formula is useless for me. Bring back the old one!

Waste of time – Hard not to take it personally when the old product would work and actually chase away cold sores if used early enough..The anti viral is the opposite, wether its doing nothing or exacerbating I am not sure..It has been 4 days with a change for the worse ..usually it would be gone in 4-5 or in 1 if applied early which I did in this case..I havent… Read more

had a cold sore in 10 years felt the itch and went for old faithful only found the newer viral one, more expensive half the size and TBH zilch nada .Came on this site and now I read dozens of complaints 3 years old..Why is this stuff still on the market? I will still buy the other one if i can find it, was very good..This one??? Is there anything actually in it??

WHY DID YOU CHANGE THE FORMULA ???? :( – Being outside a lot, I often get dry split lips and have always used Nyal Cold-sore cream for quick relief .... NOT ANYMORE ! Your new formula SUCKS ! :( :(

Read the Ingredients label – Nyal has TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. One is a Cold Sore Cream in a 10g tube that contains nothing but camphor and menthol. It might relieve the symptoms, but it is the 5g tube of Nyal ANTIVIRAL Cold Sore Cream that will help to shorten the life of your cold sore. It contains Aciclovir, which is the exact same ingredient and in the same quantities,… Read more

as Zovirax (and is a lot cheaper). Read the labels - you are not getting twice as much of the same ingredient in the 10g tube.

Useless – I have been dealing with lip cold sores for 45 years, successfully in recent years with Zovirax, but made a mistake in using Nyall as a cheaper option. I now have the biggest cold sore I have had for a long, long time. Others have mentioned issues with the new product and other than it hasn't had any affect at all, the 'watery' nature of the cream means it doesn't stick to inner part of lips.

It doesn't work at all – After reading all those positive reviews about this cold sore cream, I decided to give it a go, but what a disappointment! It is totally useless. I am now using Blistex cold sore cream. It works a lot better on me.

New product big disappointment – I used your product for over 60 years and it helped me a lot with cold sores and dry lips. I bought a new tube a few months ago. Apart from the fact it is half the size and more expensive, up till now only a watery liquid was coming out. Now it is a watery cream - nothing like the old product.

Comes in two forms – TWO FORMULAS AVAILABLE! Formula 1: 10g with Camphor and Menthol / Good at soothing and protecting Formula 2: Active ingredient Aciclovir 5% to fight cold sores / Reduces cold sore size and time of outbreak Pick the right one for your needs or use together. Look up their website for more info. Both products remain on the market. I like both. I… Read more

choose formula 2 to treat cold sores. Better than any other cold sore product I've used. Nyal should consider updating their packaging to avoid confusion to consumers. I bought the 10g product in error. Seems like a consistent issue for other consumers also hence the mixed reviews. Don't despair though, do some research and you will see two formulas exist and are both available to purchase.

Bring back the original cream – Used the original for generations it was something different. New one Watery same as all the rest. Original was not only good for cold sores. It helped chapped lips breathing or nose blockages. It was the best. Not buying again in new formate. Will be googling for old stock now