How to Heal Chapped Lips Without Chapstick

You don't necessarily need Chapstick to heal dry lips.

There's nothing more aggravating than experiencing chapped lips. Lips can get chapped due to cold weather, wind, dry air, sun and a variety of other reasons. Healing your chapped lips is relatively easy -- probably even easier than you think -- without the use of Chapstick. There are some natural methods of healing chapped lips that can help alleviate the soreness and have your lips feeling moist and supple in no time.

Things You'll Need

• Natural emollient

Instructions

1. Drink plenty of water and stay completely hydrated. Chapped lips can occur simply from being dehydrated.

2. Stop smoking. Smoking irritates the lip area and causes dryness.

3. Apply an all-natural emollient like beeswax, shea butter, cocoa butter, olive oil, avocado oil, almond oil or vitamin E. All of these are natural and help promote rehydrating and moisturizing of the lip area.

4. Apply a sunscreen over the natural emollient. This helps prevent further damage or sunburn, which can cause chapped lips.

5. Use a humidifier to keep moisture in the air or keep a pot of water boiling on the stove, which produces the same results.

References

• Institute For Integrative Healthcare Studies: 9 Tips for Chapped Lips
• Real Simple Magazine: Winter-Proofing Your Skin, Hair and Eyes