I have tried my fair share of remedies for canker sores. Just to name a few: Alum, pressing the end of match to the sore, changing toothpaste, salt water rinse, magic mouthwash (post coming soon), paste prescribed by a dentist, and many many many more. The only one that remotely helped me is the paste from the dentist. It did provide some relief from the pain, but it can only be used at night. At this point, I just try to manage the pain so I'm not rude to every one around me. I take Tylenol and use some kind of topical numbing gel. A few months ago I couldn't find my numbing gel, and I saw my daughters teething oil I had ordered off of Amazon. It is supposed to numb the area naturally. I decided to give it a try. To my surprise, it did ease the pain! The numbness didn't last as long as my typical numbing gel, but I just kept applying it. To my even bigger surprise, my canker healed MUCH faster than normal!!! I thought maybe it was a fluke, but I have had 2 more cankers since then, and they have healed in half the time as normal. Just 3 days ago I bit my tongue. I literally had a hole in the side of my tongue. I almost cried because I just knew it was going to turn into a huge canker. I put my trusty oil on there a few times later that day, and it didn't turn into a canker!!! I was completely blown away. This oil is my new go to treatment for cankers.
**Note: This treatment works for me! I highly recommend giving it a try, but keep in mind, these are my personal opinions 🙂
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Alyssa
Hello, have you had your food allergies tested by a naturopath doctor? You can have up to 400 foods tested. Your cankers are most likely caused because you are eating something you are allergic or intolerant too.
Cassie Goodman
I have not but this sounds like an excellent recommendation!! Thank you!
Amanda
This is amazing! I started taking biotin (5000 mcg) f0r MS about a year ago and recently realized I have not had a canker sore in at least six months (after being plagued by them since childhood and trying everything Google had to offer). So, I googled "biotin for canker sores" to see how I possibly could have missed it, and your blog is the only things that came up linking biotin to canker sores. I believe it 100% based on my personal experience. I didn't change anything else in my diet or medication, so I know that has to be it. Somebody needs to study this!
Cassie Goodman
Oh my word! I am SO glad to hear you’ve had the same experience! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! I agree, there should definitely be a study! -Sadie