Chapped Lips - How to Avoid This Problem in Your Life

Chapped Lips - How to Avoid This Problem in Your Life

Chapped lips give a new meaning to the expression "crack a smile." When your lips are sore, red, and peeling, even a little grin can crack them wide open. Let's stop that problem now. Read more. . . . .

The best way to deal with chapped lips is to avoid the dry, cold weather that can cause them in the first place. There are many items in your nearest drugstore that can help you.

Before I go out, and several times while I'm out, I coat my lips with lip balm. Since lips don't hold anything on them very well, I have to reapply it everytime I eat or drink anthing, and also when I wipe my lips.

Also remember, that the sun fries lips, and this means anytime of the year. I choose products with built-in sunscreen. Sun damage to the lips can cause dryness and scaliness, the same way sun can damage the rest of your skin. In its simplest form it can harm the lower lip, which takes the brunt of ultraviolet rays. I recommend that you should not use just any lip balm but one that contains sunscreen, such as PreSun 15, Chap Stick's Sunblock 15, or Eclipse Lip Protectant. These work well for me and my family.

In addition to a sunscreen, women should wear a creamy lipstick that helps soothe lips that are already chapped. In fact, just wearing lipstick gives some protection and may help prevent chapping in the first place. Because lipstick is opaque, it filters out all light, including harmful visable light. I believe use of lipstick is one of the reasons women seldom get lip cancer. In all my years (and that's a lot) I've never seen women with lip cancer, but I've seen many men with the disease.

The danger with chapped lips is that they can become infected. To prevent infection, apply an over-the-counter antibiotic ointment such as Bacitracin or Polysporin Ointment. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone ointments can also help with chapped lips, but they cannot prevent infection. If your lips are severly chapped, you may want to use both. Apply one in the morning and one at night.

Being that I'm writing this article in the winter months, I moisturize my lips from the inside out by drinking additional fluids during this time of the year. I recommend several ounces of water every few hours. As you age, the ability of your cells to retain moisture decreases, so your dryness problem may actually increase each winter. Another way to help counter wintertime dry lips is to humidify the air in your home.

In all the single best product that I've found for chapped lips is Carmax. It's old fashioned, and comes in a little tin, but it contains, amoung other things, beeswax and phenol. I'd say no prescription medication is better than Carmax.

Do you have something that works for chapped lips? Let us know by writing those comments below. We all would like to hear from you. Thank you for your time, stay safe this holiday season, and may God continue to be a part of your life. Thank you.

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