So are your lips still reacting? What are they looking/feeling like?
It could be possible that 2 applications could be enough. I mean lilo only applied it 3 times and your is more potent.
Although she only had the virus for 8 months before treating it, so I dont know if having a virus for longer makes it more difficult to treat or not. So maybe if you had it for longer it will take a bit longer to treat.