Showing posts with label chapped lips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chapped lips. Show all posts

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Cure Chapped Lips

Dry, chapped, and peeling lips, are a common ailment of winter. It could be the cold, but it could also have to do with your iron or vitamin B level. If keeping hydrated, and using chap stick(if outdoors use chap stick with SPF 15) or Vaseline, doesn't cure your lips, you can try these remedies:
  • Take a Vitamin B supplement
  • Take in essential fatty acids: Fish oil or flax seed
  • Brush your lips with a dry toothbrush to help improve circulation and remove dead skin
  • Rub Olive oil on your lips, and use oil in your diet (on salads, as a dip for bread, etc)

If they do not heal up, I recommend seeing a doctor, and getting your iron level checked. If it is below normal you will be given a Iron supplement (be sure only to take what you are recommended).

Other causes of Chapped Lips include:
  • Dry Weather
  • Licking your lips
  • Smoking
  • Allergic reaction to lipstick or gloss

Burt's Bees has excellent quality lip products. http://www.burtsbees.com/


*Disclaimer. These tips are not intended to cure or prevent any disease. Please check with your physician to seek further advice. As with trying any supplement, follow instructions of bottle and check with a doctor or pharmacist.