How to Treat Chapped Lips

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Summary: Chapped lips can have several causes, including dry weather, overexposure to the sun, lip biting and sucking, riboflavin (vitamin B-2) deficiencies and ill-fitting dentures. Here's what you can do to remedy the problem and keep your lips from drying out.

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  1. Step 1

    Apply lip balm or petroleum jelly. You can also try coating your lips with skin moisturizer, vitamin E oil or aloe vera gel. These greasy products help keep your lips properly moisturized.

  2. Step 2

    Use lip balm that contains sunblock if you are going to be outside.

  3. Step 3

    Avoid licking your lips, since the saliva will evaporate and leave them dry.

  4. Step 4

    Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.

  5. Step 5

    Consider moistening the air in your home with a humidifier.

  6. Step 6

    Keep in mind that cracks at the corners of your mouth can indicate riboflavin deficiencies; you can treat this with vitamin B-2 supplements.

  7. Step 7

    Have a dentist readjust ill-fitting dentures if you believe they might be the cause of your chapped lips.

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akumaxkami said

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on 8/8/2009 Some people can develop a dependecy to lip balms or chapsticks. And once you run out, your lips will dry out even more than they did before you started using it all the time.

If you're going to use these kinds of products, do so sparingly.

bikinigrl said

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on 3/17/2009 Labbri Lip Treatment works best for me! Makes my lips so soft and silky!

rubyanwar said

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on 5/16/2008 Warning: don't use any old lip balm. Some lip balms are designed to have to be used over and over again. My suggestion, works for me. Use Vaseline, or Aquaphor. Also one absolutely wonderful remedy is this. Slather on vaseline and massage it into your lips before you take a steamy shower. When you come out, your lips will be soft. But make sure you slather some more on after you come out. Always works!

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on 11/11/2007 I have used Aquaphor and had excellent results with it!

Mayasdad said

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on 11/8/2007 vitamin e seems to work the best....very good article.

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