I will start to panic if I don't have some on my lips and my lips HURT if I don't have anything on them. Is their something that I can do to ease me off of my addiction, a clinic, a 12 step program, something....Please don't tell me that I am weird...I already know that.....
2006-06-15 01:32:37 · 20 answers · asked by Melissa C 5 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Yes, it is addictive. It's kinda like nasal spray, if you use it too much, you can't function without it. The only way to stop comfortably is to replace it with something more natural like butter, or liquid vitamin E for instance, that doesn't strip your lips of their natural oils. once you can go a few days without chap stick stop using products on your lips!
2006-06-15 02:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer H 2 · 14⤊ 8⤋
Yeah..... there's a 12-step ChapStick program! And the famous Mayo Lip Balm Clinic.
I didn't know that lip balms were addictive. Soft lips are harmful to your health?
Your panic thing is mental, not physical. You need to treat the real problem.
If you don't want to use lip balm, then don't use it as often as you are. If your lips HURT, then use it. I don't think you're going to die or anything.
2006-06-15 01:38:20 · answer #2 · answered by grahamma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if it is really an addiction, then you should get off of it like any other addiction and that is just stop using it no matter how much your lips hurt or how crazy you go, just stop it.
Or you can try getting into another addiction to ease the chap stick thing.
good luck.
2006-06-15 01:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by john 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-15 06:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Patty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem, I go nuts if I don't have chap stick, I used to be the same way with gum though it was like a cigarette addiction for me but I think that was because of the aspartame and phenylkurit...stuff in it, it's totally bad for you!! so I had to wean myself off of it or go to a natural food store and find gum that didnt have that in it. I don't think the chap stick thing is that bad of a problem, but try petroleum jelly (vaseline) instead, that works pretty good :)
2006-06-15 02:22:04 · answer #5 · answered by tiny1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, It is addictive isn't it!!?? Maybe you are deyhydrated and yo need the chapstick all the time? Try drinking more water then your lips will be softer naturally instead of always having to apply lip balm. That or try and and find a CA meeting (chapstick anonoymous ;)
2006-06-15 01:47:26 · answer #6 · answered by anouska1983 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope your not weird, I can say the same thing, have 'um all over my house in my purse, in my coat pockets, it bothers me to have dry lips.
In the winter I chap easy and in the summer I burn easy.
Sorry I have no 12 step program to send you to, but I do have a bit of advise, go with it, do what I do go to the dollar store buy a few a time and put one in every place you'll know you need it, I have one sitting by the computer.
2006-06-15 01:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by liathano70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For goodness sake, you need to kick that chap-stick habit! I had a friend who was horribly addicted to the stuff- she used it so often that she eventually had to wear it on a string around her neck. My suggestion is to go cold turkey but make sure you drink enough water to prevent dehydration. Cure the cracked-lip problem at it's source!
2006-06-15 02:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some Burt's Bees Lip Balm. It is beeswax-based and very good. Carmex dries them out even more, causing 'addiction'.
2006-06-15 10:45:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you feel the need to use lip balm.....go suck on a Popsicle instead, or something, that way your lips are in use and it will take your mind off of your problem.
2006-06-15 01:41:35 · answer #10 · answered by AzManOnTheLoose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it's weird to be addicted to chap stick, lip balm, lip gloss, vaseline lip therapy, etc., etc., etc., then count me in.
people may think it annoying, applying balm all the time, i don't bloody care! it pays to have a nice, soft, kissable smackers!
and one thing: if you admit that you have addiction, then it's not a problem anymore
2006-06-15 01:45:09 · answer #11 · answered by digitalfortress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋