Chapped lips

[velvett]

Does anyone else get hit with this in the winter?

I have puffy looking lips as it is and now I look like - oh I don't even want to tell you how funny I look.


What's that saying?
Rode hard, put away wet.


HELP?!

Anyone have any ideas?

I've tried blistex, carmex, chap stick, oralabs (this is the best so far), vasiline and la pairie's lip repair.




When will it go away.

Please excuse me - I am overly emotional today.

 

[Lady Viking]

Blistex works for me but sometimes when lips are very bad, I scrape (with toothbrush...) dry parts away and then put some salve on it. It works, at least for a while

 

[Lady Viking]

Spatt´s solution sounds easier and more comfortable

 

[velvett]

Thanks Spatts & Lady!!!!!!!

I will try all of the above.

 

[Gladiola]

I recently bought Blistex "herbal answer" & really like that. Otherwise I ALWAYS put some blistex on before bed every night. That really helps.

 

[tripleV]

I found the cure for me...as i am currently on accutane and no chapped lips so far...

Its called A + D ointment, its for diaper rash and its used when u get tatoos...

Try it out....


3v

 

[oicu812 - chargeback]

i use the blistex complete... blue tube.. it works well for me...it glides on so smoothly

 

[FitFossil]

Accutane user here too (which really dries you out, esp lips). Aquaphor ointment is positively the best lip ointment I've ever used. While we're on the subject of moisturizers , Cetaphil creme is the best yet too. With Aquaphor and Cetaphil creme, I don't even know I'm on Accutane (and my skin was horrendously dry the 1st time I took it).

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

Another vote for Burt's Beeswax Lipbalm. Awesome stuff!

 

[kronk]

Accutane user here too (which really dries you out, esp lips). Aquaphor ointment is positively the best lip ointment I've ever used. While we're on the subject of moisturizers , Cetaphil creme is the best yet too. With Aquaphor and Cetaphil creme, I don't even know I'm on Accutane (and my skin was horrendously dry the 1st time I took it).

Very very true. Aquaphor is far and away the best for chapped lips. I am also on accutane, and on cycle at the same time. Aquaphor kicks major butt and works like a charm.

 

[velvett]

I know where I can get pretty much everything but

where would one find the aquaphor?
And um, what does it look like?

 

[Night Fly]

I vote for the Blistex Complete in a blue tube, also. I started using B folds at first, and I liked it so much that I bought my own. It feels a bit wet when you first put it on, but I like it better than burts beeswax, carmex, and chapstick.

 

[lil k]

I get Aquafor at Target. I use it on my bod tho...do they make in a tube for lips? I have the big pump.

they make the smaller tubes....i get them at costco behind the counter where the pins and stuff are.....walgreens also has the tubes...

best stuff ever for chapped lips etc.

 

[Sapphire]

Another vote for aquaphor (most drugstores) and Blistex DCT at night before bed.

 

[Brishen]

Stay away from petroleum products! Your lips become "addicted" to it. The more you use it, the more you need it. If you can find herbal chapstick without petroleum in it, gooood. Hawaiian Tropics makes one. But it sounds as if your chapping problem is a leetle too big for Hawaiian Tropics , so I defer to previous replies.

 

[The_Monster]

I use my cuticle oil on them sometimes... its basically just vitamin E. It doesnt taste good, but it doesnt taste nasty either, it seems to sink in and actually moisturize as opposed to just putting a coating on them.

 

[SheHuLK]

I've been having a problem lately with really dry, chapped lips too. I really don't know whats causing it, maybe some medication I was taking about 2 weeks ago? all I DO know is that dry chapped lips are NOT fun Chapstick and blistex haven't made them any better... I wish I could just exfoliate all the yucky dry skin off or something!! I'm gonna try out that aquaphor, hopefully that'll work.

 

[BigEasy]

I vote for the water and vit E approach. Petrolium based products are not the best for raw skin. Pure non-hydrogenated cocoa butter works good overnights also. Stay away from flavored lip balm and glosses, per the dermatologist, the flavorings are usually artificial resins that exacerbate the problem.

BTW, I find the A + D ointment will help protect windburned lips, but the vit A tends to dry up my skin like Acutane.