I have had it for about 2-3 months and I have been constantly picking at it before that so I think it will take me a good month or so for it to heal if not sooner. In addition I have been taking multivitamin pills, B-complex, pleanty of fruits, exercise often. I think picking at it and stress makes it worse because when I went on a vacation to Europe I was having so much fun I forgot all about it...Hopefully we all heal