2 weeks Ago By Lana Andelane
If you have lips dryer than the Sahara, it can be hard knowing how to treat them, especially when chapstick just isn’t cutting it. A dermatologist and lip-care CEO tell the Herald everything you need to know, from prevention to products and everything in between. There’s little worse than the discomfort associated with dry, cracked or bleeding lips .
Not only can the shreds of desiccated skin be painful, but chapped lips can significantly impact your self-confidence and appearance. The uncomfortable feeling of dryness on a frigid day is one thing, but for sufferers of chronically chapped lips, the symptoms are a different story: think scaling, peeling skin, painful cracks, bleeding, itching and ulcerations. It’s unpleasant and can interfere with more than you might imagine – from social interactions to your sex life.
If your lips are also feeling dry (particularly amid this unwelcome cold snap ), the good news is chapping can be treated pretty easily – but that emotional-support lip balm? It might be harming more than healing, says Dr David Lim, a dermatologist and the founder of Skintel. So what causes chapped lips?.
