I am currently reeling from one, and I don’t understand where this little white dot came from and why it can cause so much pain.
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They are a kind of ulcer, but it’s unclear what exactly causes them: lots of things, including vitamin deficiencies and too-sour foods, can cause them. They hurt a lot because they’re on the surface of your skin where a lot of nerve endings are, like how a paper cut hurts even though it’s very small.
Protip: a regular-ass laser pointer aimed at the sore for ~30 seconds can [help with pain and make it heal faster](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680689/), if you can’t or don’t want to use Kanka or Oragel.
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