Everyday my lips keep getting all dry and cracked and it's all year round and I've tried putting on chapstck everyday but it gets in the cracks and really burns.. any advice on how to keep my lips soft and smooth?
2006-10-01 06:07:19 · 40 answers · asked by Baby #1 due 8/14/08! 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
Once a week place a liberal amount of vaseline or lip balm on your lips and gently scrub them with a soft toothbrush to get rid of dry cracked old skin cells, this keeps them smooth, and use an intensive lip balm/cream like blistex relief cream, it relieves pain, really smoothes lips and has a nice tingly sensation that lets you know it works, you can find it in most pharmacies. I swear by it!
2006-10-01 06:09:51 · answer #1 · answered by mellybum42 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You should start to drink more water, about 4-6 glasses per day is a good amount with chapstick too. One reason it burns is because you are probably licking it too much and the more you lick your lips, the more it'll hurt because licking your lips is almost the same thing as eating yourself. If you don't start to drink water soon, then your kidneys will have problems and your lips getting dry and cracked is one sign. If you don't drink water because you don't want to go to the bathroom, then you will just hurt your own body. Trust me, if this doesn't work, then send me an e-mail. I've experienced this problem before and it just kept on hurting until I drank more water and put lots of chapstick. Also, you should try to sleep earlier so it'll get better.It might be because you are getting dehydrated.
2006-10-01 06:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, well it's not a big problem. Here's what u can do :
Buy pure almond oil (only a small bottle is required and it's very easy to get, also not expensive. one small bottle should last 4 months atleast) and apply it on ur lips at night. Almond oil also helps in keeping ur lips pink. For day time use, get a very small jar, really small and portable & leak proof. Next go to a chemist and buy the smallest bottle availabe of glycerine. Put it in that small jar and keep applying it throughout the day.
I had the same problem becoz of which i became obsessive about lip balm. See it's ok to use lip balm but it just covers the problem but does not solve it. By doing all this now i am quite relieved.
This problem can also be due to dehydration so drink enough water and take healthy fats in diet.
p.s. if u like the ans plz make it ur best. thanks :-)
2006-10-01 06:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by macy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try DCT...it is usually in the chapstick section and comes in a little peach colored container. It isn't as stinging as some of the other brands and works well on chapped lips. It also has SPF in it so that your lips don't get burned in the sun. Also drink more water. Your lips might be dry and cracking because you are dehydrated.
2006-10-01 06:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
at the drugstore or walmart you can find this chapstick/lipgloss it really works! its called aquafina lip hydration and its in like a lipgloss type tube thing. and it works really well! It tastes really good too!
or get lip balm/ chapstick from Burts Bee's (it also works very well for chapped lips!)
if you dont want to go out and buy anything than just put some vaseline on your lips and they should be smooth in no time!
2006-10-01 06:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by qwerty 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a soft toothbrush and each night rub away any dead skin, it's kinda like exfoliating, then put on loads of vaseline each before you got to bed, use a sensitive chapstick during the day. Keep this up and soon you'll only have to make do with the chapstick and use the toothbrush and vaseline every now and then.
2006-10-01 06:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by Tamarinda Alexia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, put a little water on your lips for moisture. Then, get some sugar and rub it on your lips in all directions (this exfoliates them and gets that dried, dead skin off). Then rinse off the sugar with water. Finally use some medicated lip balm or chap stick (Carmex, Blistex, etc.) on your lips to help heal and protect the newly exfoliated skin. Also, try to use a lip balm or chap stick with SPF in it--the sun can cause your lips to dry and skin to crack.
2006-10-01 06:11:28 · answer #7 · answered by missmarymack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good ole vaseline/petroleum jelly!!!
My lips crack and sometimes burn on a daily basis. I always keep a petroleum jelly based lip balm in my bag, by my chair, at my desk, by the bed etc because it happens so often. I have never found anythng that works long term but just keep on moisturising is the best advise i can give.
2006-10-01 06:14:29 · answer #8 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your lips don't have any oil glands, but the skin around them does. So you have to keep the rest of your fact moisturized as well. Keep balm on them and stay hydrated from the inside too.
Some people are naturally dry, so it's just something you have to keep an eye on.
2006-10-01 06:11:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
drink more fluids and use lip balm made from 4 parts olive oil and 1 part bees wax. Melt them together and pour it into small containers. You can put essence in it if you want...spearmint etc. It is the nicest balm ever. Use it all of the time.
2006-10-01 06:20:02 · answer #10 · answered by DeborahDel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋