When I had received this balm, I had another one of those "nice" bubbles on the lip. I then immediately used this pen and felt the healing process runs faster and better in fact from. Had always the problem that at the beginning or end of a cold as a "nice" bubbles formed on the lip. This year I have at the beginning of a cold applied these same pen as I mornings and evenings my lips einschmierte it and lo and behold, there was no bubble. Now I smear every now and then in the evening before going to bed my lips as a precaution, and hope that I do not see this "beautiful" bubbles must ...... Good luck.