not only when its cold outside, he rips it off and then its bleeding. He also has really dry skin. Does any african/american know what to do? One woman told me once he should take some kind of vitamin but i forgot what. Special creams?
2006-08-25 08:51:24 · 15 answers · asked by candee 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
I doubt race is involved. Get a good lip balm and chap stick.
2006-08-25 08:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darker people tend to have dryer skin or just more noticeable. The lip thing sounds as if he bites off the excess skin, like me. Just have him wear a medicated lip balm like blistex. It comes in a chap stick, and there is a white cream in a little white tube,also called Blistex, I prefer that one. My kids have eczema and I have horrible skin we were told by Dr.'s to use a petroleum based cream called "Aquafor". It's kind of expensive for something that resembles a huge jar of Vaseline, but It works. There R also generic brands that R much cheaper. If it works for eczema it may work for ur son. If all else fails see a dermatologist. Good Luck.
2006-08-26 01:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Timber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to a Dermatologist. In the mean time give him a chapstick,or apply a small amout of vaseline on his lips. He
should drink more water also. And try to get him to stop peeling
the dry skin off. It only makes them bleed.
Maybe he needs vitamin K.
2006-08-25 08:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by anitababy.brainwash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not african american but black. make sure your son has enough vitamin C and if the rest of his skin is dry use cocoa butter especially after his skin has been wet after swimming, baths etc. If it gets worse see a doctor.
2006-08-25 08:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Kaela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chapped Lips
Most of us believe that getting chapped lips is purely a problem of the weather. The cold weather or the wind causes chapping
of the lips and a good moisturizer will treat the chapping and bring lips back to the earlier look. Chapping may cause
problems. Chapping is not only a cosmetic problem, but it also causes problem in eating too. Lips may hurt if they get cracked and blood comes out of those cracks. Is chapping of lips only because of change of weather? No, many skin diseases and drugs may cause it. Learn more to keep your kisses beautiful.
Lips- How the lip skin is different?
Lips do not have sebaceous glands. Lips also do not have any sweat glands. The dead layer on the epidermis of lip skin is
much thinner compared to body skin. Because of absence of sebaceous glands, lips are not protected by the sebum. The thin
dead layer also makes them more susceptible to damage from weather and other factors.
Chapped Lips- Reasons
Weather is one of the main reasons. The cold weather dries the lips. Similarly if the air is short of humidity as happens in
air conditioned areas, or heated ares, lips lose moisture. This loss of moisture chaps the lips. Wind can also chap the lips. If you walk out on windy days without protecting your lips, you may get chapped lips.
Other reasons of chapped lips are-
Vitamin A:
Please look at your medicines? Are you taking more than required amount of vitamin A? Are you using any skin care product containing retinoids, on lips? That may be one cause of chapped lips. Vitamin A in excess, peels and dries the skin.
Diseases:
Psoriasis and lichen planus can create chapped lips. The lips may get affected by these diseases and unless you treat the cause, the chapped look will not go.
Candida infection may chap the lips at the corners. You will have to talk to your doctor and find out the cause of the cracks
at the corners. Cracks at the corners of the lips may also form due to saliva and allergies.
You may be allergic to lip care products. You may also be having contact allergy to some foods, which may cause allergic
contact dermatitis on your lips. Some medications may be causing chapped lips. Talk to your doctor about that. Other reasons may be allergy to candies, flavors, etc. Chapping may be because of allergies, side-effects of medications or skin problems. Take care of these and protect your lips in cold weather and dry air.
2006-08-26 21:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a dry skin thing, not a racial thing. Maybe he's a little dehydrated to begin with. Tell him to start out by drinking more water. A little lip balm probably wouldn't hurt, either.
2006-08-25 09:51:10 · answer #6 · answered by americanwoman22309 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it matters if he's black or not. I'm white and my lips are sooo chapped right now! Get some Carmex. That stuff rocks. I think Vitamin E must be good for it too, since it's good for your skin.
2006-08-25 08:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try Medicated Chapstick (it somewhat is in a depressing-eco-friendly categorised tube). I easily have the perfect comparable situation and have tried each and every thing (and that i drink a lot of water daily). it somewhat is the suitable stuff (for the main inexpensive value) i will discover that fits into my handbag or pocket, and it lasts for an prolonged time after utilized, yet be arranged to apply it extra beneficial than as quickly as an afternoon. there is not any escaping that, regrettably. it somewhat is basically the way our cookies seems to fall apart, isn't it? :^(|
2016-09-29 23:50:17 · answer #8 · answered by banowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.webmd.com type in symptoms, it should give you suffiicient information about treatment and causes to let you make an informed decision. Until then keep the dry areas moist with any good lip balm like CARMEX.
2006-08-25 09:02:20 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is also mixed black and white and has the same condition plz what ever u do take him to see a doc fast if it advances it will cause alot of discoloration on his body there are creams and pills he can take and are not expensive
2006-08-25 09:17:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋