Constantly dry lips

[DrPizza]

before you start using chapstick, make sure you know which kind you are using. (you can use your own research). One of the main ingredients in some types of chapstick actually make your lips worse, but feel better when you apply more chapstick. i.e. they maintain chapped lips & make you addicted to treating the symptoms, rather than curing the problem.

 

[isekii]

try running a humidifier at home

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
before you start using chapstick, make sure you know which kind you are using. (you can use your own research). One of the main ingredients in some types of chapstick actually make your lips worse, but feel better when you apply more chapstick. i.e. they maintain chapped lips & make you addicted to treating the symptoms, rather than curing the problem.

you really are a Doctor.

 

[bctbct]

neosporin works good.

 

[potato28]

I dunno, I use my warm breath and my lips usually don't chap.

 

[Scouzer]

Living in the cold dry north, chapstick stays in my pocket 24/7 365 days a year.

 

[MercenaryYoureFired]

Originally posted by: Lola
This will work.

Before bed, take olive oil and sugar to make a paste. While the sugar is still not melted, put it on your lips. apply in circular motions for about 30 seconds.
rise off with a warm cloth. afterward, apply petrolium jelly and go to sleep.

Haha I took this advice last time she offered it (about a year ago) and it works remarkably well.

Ever since I've never actually had the feeling of chapped lips, and I still use it every night to make sure it stays that way.

 

[Throckmorton]

I don't like Chapstick because it's petroleum based and has a funny taste

I just got this stuff at REI and it's really good http://www.ecolips.com/

Burt's Bees is good but I don't like the menthol http://www.burtsbees.com/webap...toreId=10001&langId=-1

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DrPizza
before you start using chapstick, make sure you know which kind you are using. (you can use your own research). One of the main ingredients in some types of chapstick actually make your lips worse, but feel better when you apply more chapstick. i.e. they maintain chapped lips & make you addicted to treating the symptoms, rather than curing the problem.

you really are a Doctor.

Hmmm, actually, I may have just fallen victim to an urban legend. I was certain that I had seen that salicylic acid caused more problems than it cured. Still looking though.

 

[DrPizza]

Here. From U.S. Pharmacist

Some lip products contain salicylic acid, an ingredient of unproven safety when applied to lips. The FDA-approved uses of salicylic acid are the application to hypertrophied skin lesions, such as corns, calluses, and warts. Salicylic acid possesses a keratolytic action that erodes the hyperkeratotic lesions. However, lips are not hyperkeratotic skin, as found in warts.8 When salicylic acid is applied to the lips, it can erode through the outer stratum corneum to damage living skin layers beneath?this creates a vicious cycle.

The cycle begins when a patient with a minor case of chapped lips uses a salicylic acid lip product. These products often contain minor analgesics to mask the discomfort so that the patient's lips feel soothed. However, the salicylic acid causes de novo damage to the lips. When the product's analgesic effect abates, the patient perceives the new damage as a continuation of the chapped lips and uses the product again. Eventually, the patient becomes dependent on the analgesic effect of the product to combat its continuing damage to the lips, causing extended use of the product for sustained periods, possibly decades. The remedy is to stop application of the product entirely, in the hope that the damaged lips will eventually heal, replacing it with a nonirritating protectant/hydrocortisone product in the interim, if desired.

Even lip balms that do not contain salicylic acid may contain potential irritants and/or allergens. These nonprotectant ingredients include isopropyl myristate, eugenol, and phenol.

Recommendations
The best advice the pharmacist can give to patients with chapped lips is to:
1. Keep the tongue inside the mouth, and stop licking the lips.
2. Examine all products used on the lips to see if they might contain allergenic ingredients.
3. Stop the use of any lip product containing potentially erosive ingredients, such as salicylic acid or possible allergens/irritants that do not function as protectants.
4. Consider using a gentle lip balm containing FDA-approved protectants. To care for minor dermatoses, use a balm with hydrocortisone in a vehicle consisting only of protectants.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
I just got this stuff at REI and it's really good http://www.ecolips.com/

Wow, that stuff is so good you need a carabiner with it? And do they supply the rad mountain bike or is it not included? *suspicious*

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: CKent

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
I just got this stuff at REI and it's really good http://www.ecolips.com/

Wow, that stuff is so good you need a carabiner with it? And do they supply the rad mountain bike or is it not included? *suspicious*

and apparently it's good enough for dolphins!

that site is hilarious. "let's show 3-4 pics of our product and then show a billion pics of random stuff!"

 

[NoCreativity]

My wife was having problems with chapped/split lips. Got her some vasoline and it has fixed the problem. Got her the little chapstick sized tube.

 

[darkxshade]

Preparation H

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Vagisil?

Winner. Someone give this guy a prize.

 

[acid45]

Vitamim E rection

 

[SunnyD]

Make out with someone.

 

[Vehemence]

I missed out on all the fun in here

 

[OCGuy]

Usually if the lips are too dry, I move straight to the 3 slot.

 

[OVERKILL]

You could be mildly dehydrated.

Try drinking more water.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Drink more water

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Vagisil?

i got some from your mom, but maybe i needed to use it straight from the tube/bottle/jar/whatever it comes in?

you ended up owning yourself with that comeback

Originally posted by: Newbian

Originally posted by: UberNeuman

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Vagisil?

i got some from your mom, but maybe i needed to use it straight from the tube/bottle/jar/whatever it comes in?

I suppose it's better then getting hemorrhoid cream from the dad.

zing!

petroleum jelly doesnt help?
Try whatever Lola suggested. It's so out there that it might actually work

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
Blistex. The creamy stuff, not the stick.

I battle severely chapped lips every year.

But the stick is where the creamy stuff comes from.

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DrPizza
before you start using chapstick, make sure you know which kind you are using. (you can use your own research). One of the main ingredients in some types of chapstick actually make your lips worse, but feel better when you apply more chapstick. i.e. they maintain chapped lips & make you addicted to treating the symptoms, rather than curing the problem.

you really are a Doctor.

Hmmm, actually, I may have just fallen victim to an urban legend. I was certain that I had seen that salicylic acid caused more problems than it cured. Still looking though.

IF it's not too illegal AND they can get away with it AND it is profitable
THEN it will be done.

 

[Xylitol]

wata

 

[Deeko]

aquaphor