Sensitive lips - Cold weather

eirebhoy

Haven't a clue where the best place to post this is but anyway.

Hot food
Toothpaste
and now the Cold, windy weather

These make my lips pretty uncomfortable. They go really red and feel uncomfortable. They're not dry, just hot and feel bigger. Actually, maybe they are dry but they always have been from what I can remember. The skin does peel a little but they're not chapped (ie, they're not rough and cracking). I look a bit odd with red lips so that's the main thing.

Any good creams or balm that would sort this out? Sorry for the brief sentences, trying to work and write this at the same time. Anyway, this is what I have:

Also, chapped lips and dry lips can be an allergic reaction to toothpaste, mouthwash, skin care products or lipstick. The surface of the lips, like any area of the skin, holds a certain amount of water. When the water content of the lips decreases, dry, itchy and uncomfortable skin develops. Some people have extremely sensitive lips and skin that are thin and easily irritated, especially when moisture is lost. Since a person's lips are exposed directly to cold and wind, they may become irritated earlier than other parts of the body. Chapped lips are usually rough, dry, red, cracked, sensitive and tender, and they generally peel.

The usual stuff will cure the skin but they're still uncomfortable and red so I'm looking for something to sort that out.

Cheers.

Baldie

The best thing you can use is Vaseline. Buy a small tub of it. It works wonders! Cools your lips down straight away.

It's the cold weather that does it. It's happening to me as well.

tk123

Forget Vaseline what you want is Carmex it's BRILLIANT!!;)

UnrealQueen

Aloe Vera vaseline is brill and seems to stay on longer than the ordinary vaseline, dunno why. Also, i think E45 do a lip balm and thats bound to be good.

dalk

A Word Of Warning

Remember. Use with care. Don't overdo it.

My girlfriend has been a 'user' for as long as i've know her...

NikNik

I usually go for Blistex intensive moituriser (the blue one). Products like Carmex and Vaseline that are waxy-based only serve to keep moisture in. The fact that your lips are dry means there is no moisture there, so you would have to moisturise your lips before protecting them. Try drinking loads of water. Your body is lacking moisture, that's why your lips are dry. Unless, of course, you have some sort of condition ?(exzema...psoriasis..etc...)

eirebhoy

I've tried Blistex but that comes under:

The usual stuff will cure the skin but they're still uncomfortable and red so I'm looking for something to sort that out.

NikNik

Go to a dermatologist ? In fairness if you've tried all the products and they don't work it's gotta be something else, not just sensitive lips.

finlma

tk123 wrote:

Forget Vaseline what you want is Carmex it's BRILLIANT!!;)

I have to agree there. Caramex is the business - never leave home without it.