Right now my lips are chaped and they hurt like crazy I know how to cure it but I want to know why it hurts.
2006-12-05 10:40:56 · 9 answers · asked by angel m 1 in Health ➔ Dental
Lips are very sensitive. They have lots and lots of nerve endings (this is why people like kissing!) so when they are damaged by dehydration (chapped lips mean dehydrated) then the effect is amplified because of the many nerve endings. The lips are in other words more sensitive to pain (and pleasure) than other parts of the skin. This is why they hurt when chapped. Also, you tend to move your lips a lot when talking and eating, this stretches the skin on the lips and causes pain when they are chapped. Drink more water and apply chapstick or vaseline to ease the pain.
2006-12-05 10:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous@all.times 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chapped lips are a series of tiny cuts in the lips. You may not be able to see them, but the skin on your lips is some of the most sensitive (and thinnest) skin on your body.
Be sure to not eat spicy food with chapped lips, like I just did...ugh...
2006-12-05 10:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Esma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason why they hurt its because the skin is broken.
and you may not be getting enough water
drink a ton of water- not kidding
and apply a bunch if chapstick
2006-12-05 10:44:18 · answer #3 · answered by Night visions 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably hurts because your lips are dried out and cracking.
2006-12-05 10:42:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why are your lips chapped ? have you been exposed to cold elements ? are you dehydrated ? forget the cure- try avoiding it
2006-12-05 10:42:46 · answer #5 · answered by bbq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chapstick. or vaseline if you have no chapstick. or go to the drugstore and get some medicated stuff.
2006-12-05 10:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by Betty Crocka 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would say because its like they are raw.. not literally.. lol but since we talk so much.. saliva isnt enough liquids.. you kno?
2006-12-05 10:42:58 · answer #7 · answered by Brittany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because your lips are cracked
2006-12-05 11:29:23 · answer #8 · answered by speedy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because they are not moist. use Blistex!
2006-12-05 11:08:17 · answer #9 · answered by Meaghan D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋