how do lips get chapped?
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combination of theses but the weather has a lot to do with it
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maybe you have an allergy on the material but i guess you dont practice proper care for the lips. always wear lip gloss specially before sleeping. just wipe it off with a tissue when you want to play your sax.
729423
It's colder outside, more wind and less humidity,less consumption of water and other liquids and of course the air inside is a lot drier and less humid because of heat. That's enough reasons for mine to be dry. Need a good moisturizing lip gloss. Chap stick doesn't really do it. Try a different brand.
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Here's a few suggestions...\n1) Drink water- Helps to hydrate lips\n2) use chapstick with sunscreen ( SPF 15 etc.)- This protects your lips when dry especially in the winter as well as protect from sun damage\n3) avoid licking lips - causes hypertonic situation dehydrating lips \n4)Use toothbrush- Sometimes before bed, I brush my lips very gently with a toothbrush. This helps to remove dead skin cells overtime and then I immediately place lip chap on\n\nHowever if anything you do doesn't work, the best place to go is to the dermatologist. Sometimes, chapped lips can indicate an infection or nutrient deficiency. Especially go if you notice dry cracked corners of your mouth.
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Do you lick your lips while outside? Do you breath with your mouth open when you are in an area that is cold? Both of these could be causing your problem.\n\nCauses\nAngular cheilitis is most often caused by an infection—usually fungal, but it also can be viral or bacterial in origin. Other possible causes include a vitamin B deficiency, the over-closure of the mouth by someone without teeth, licking of the lips, thumb-sucking, and lip biting.\n\nLess severe cases occur when it is quite cold (such as in the winter time), and mostly happen to young children/teenagers. The child licks their lips in an attempt to provide a temporary moment of relief, worsening the condition.
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You need to drink more water and liquids. This shows you have a fire constitution and should balance it with water and cooling foods and drinks. The more you use chemical stuff on them, the worse it will get. All these things are only temporary reliefs. You could try some honey mixed with olive oil on your lips at night or whenever you are at home. It should help - but overall don't forget to keep your entire system well hyrdated.
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If someone has a cold sore on their lips, it is called Herpes and it can be caught from another person. If a person has herpes on the genital area and you were to kiss there you would also have a chance of catching herpes. Hope this answers your question.
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Vaseline or some type of medicated lip balm like Blistex
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This is kissing: Kissing is a pleaseure you experience with someone you really, and I mean really, like! If he likes you and he kisses you back then you are in girl~!!!!\nHere is ~Kissing 101~ from the lips piont of view!!\n\n\nTalking about simple... where else to start than... The Lips! The most basic element of any kiss, in fact vital and inseparable from the act itself. There is no kissing without lips (ask your local chickens), so don't neglect them! On a physical level, take care of your lips. Chapped lips (while a great Custom E-kiss) are no fun at all to kiss. The same goes for rough, scabbed, or otherwise poor condition lips. Most of these conditions can be avoided through the use of a simple lip balm... find one that suits your preferences. Depending on what you like, you can get different flavors, varying degrees of healing and therapy, SPF (sunscreen) protection... the choices are endless.\n\n  Use your chosen balm regularly, not just when you are expecting some kissing... it's just a good idea to take care of yourself. Also, try to avoid applying balm directly before kissing... slimy lips can be a turn off. Just make sure it's all absorbed before getting down to business... and your lips will be soft, supple, and oh-so-kissable.\n\n  Once your lips are kissable, and you are in fact kissing... you still can't neglect them! The lips are the most basic and important element of kissing, and should be used to the best of their ability. Concentrate on feeling the friction between your lips, how your lips match up, and how you're moving them. This oft-overlooked element can add some real zing to your kissing. Just try to remember that the tongue is not the be-all and end-all of kissing... DON'T NEGLECT YOUR LIPS! \n\n  Lots of great kisses are, in fact, all lips. Ever since the French pulled a Microsoft on the kissing market, tongues have gotten all the attention. Many terrible kissing experiences are a direct result of this over-reliance (and unskilled use of) the tongue. Certainly the tongue is important to kissing... after all, what beats a really good deep french kiss? But tongue use is something best eased into... and can easily be overdone. Even really good tongue kisses can benefit from some variety... usually of the lip-centered kind. Take a break from tongue lashing to nibble, caress, lick, and gently explore your partner's lips. Notice how good they feel against yours, and try different things to make them feel even better. Your lips the building blocks of great kissing... use them wisely (and often!)\n\n\nKissing Exercise: Spend part or all of a kissing session concentrating on just your lips... no tongues allowed. Slowly slide your lips together, enjoying the subtle feeling of each other's skin. Lick, nibble, kiss each other's mouths... go slow, and really enjoy the sensations. This exercise should make you more aware of your lips, and will add a new layer to your kissing experience.\n\n\nBut ou can use the tongue when ever you want!!!\n\n\nHere are the bases:\n\n1st base->going out\n2nd base->Heavy make out\n3rd base->Getting layed\nHome-> Married and ending up with a child.
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Definitely use Burt's Bees Chapstick.  It's way better than the rest.  And use it consistently in the winter, not just when your lips start getting chapped.
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Stress tends to make them appear.  So does fluctuations in temperature.  Try not to stress out. Apply lip balm regularly.  Abreeva works great.  Don't pick or play with the cold sore.  Scars are very easy to get.
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Cracking, splitting, or chapping at the corners of the mouth or lips\n\nLips commonly become chapped from harsh weather, such as drying winds, icy cold, sunburn, or very hot temperatures. Often home treatment can protect and soften your lips, allowing them to heal.\n\nCracks and splits in the corner of your mouth may be caused by:\n\n    * Licking your lips.\n    * Biting the corners of your mouth.\n    * Thumb-sucking in children.\n    * Overclosure of your mouth if you don't have teeth or dentures.\n\nCracking and splitting at the corner of your mouth might mean you may have angular cheilitis, a condition that can be caused by:\n\n    * Infections. Fungal infections are the most common, but viral or bacterial infections can also occur.\n    * Nutritional deficiency of vitamin B.\n    * Iron-deficiency anemia.\n\nTreatment for cracking and splitting depends on the cause and can include antifungal and antibiotic medication, vitamins, construction of dentures for persons without teeth, and protecting lips with ointments or moisturizers. It may be tempting to lick your lips to moisten them when they are chapped. Try not to do this because it is likely to make your symptoms worse.
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people get cold sores for many different reasons. stress, spicy food or food allergies and sun exposure are just a few. keep a diary of all of the things you eat and drink, the way you were feeling and if you were in direct sunlight for a few months and see if there is a pattern to when you get your cold sores. if you can attribute them to one or two things you can prevent them from coming by not doing those things. if you see they are caused by sun exposure you can take L-Lysine it is in the vitamin aisle of many drug stores or wal mart, take it every morning in the summer months when you know you will be doing alot of outdoor activities, it has worked for me.I also get them when my lips become extremely chapped, eat jalapenos or am under alot of stress. I can prevent the chapped lips, I avoid Jalapenos and take lysine in the summer, as far as stress is concerned I use herpicin when I "just have that feeling" i am going to get a cold sore. I know this is alot to do just to prevent one but hopefully it helps!!
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whats wrong with ur lips?? are they yellow??   well lots of mositurizing chap stick.. and idk about the yellow.. or what not.  '_'GOOD LUCK'_'
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because. it \n1)helps chapped lips \n2)gives us something else to put on when were bored \n3)looks cute \n4)its shiny, enough said!\n5)smells/tastes good
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jus make sure u move arnd with a small bottle of vaseline  apply tht evry so often coz tht reali helps..liking yo lips is a temporary solution fo a few minutes onli..dnt use or apply lip gloss oil tht makes yo lips evn mo drier....hop this helps
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Can some one bring me my chapstick? My lips are real bad, GOSH!!\n                  -Napolian Dynomite