Healed herpes outbreak redness help

Hi,
I recently had my first outbreak and have been put on medication to help it. on day four and the scabs are nearly gone but the area is very red still. Does anyone have any tips to get the redness to go down?

it just takes time to heal up completely. it will go away on it’s own. it’s best to just let it be. doing anything or putting anything in the area could cause it to flare up again.