Does peeling your lips have to be a bad thing?

paralysed

I have dry skin, and I think this must just be another trait that goes hand in hand with having dandruff and ear wax build up.

Once I sense my lips are ready to peel, I get the urge to start peeling pieces with my teeth. Once I get a bit, I feel as if it's done, but then say 20 minutes later I notice another bit. This could go on for hours.

So as of recently I started getting a tweezers to it in front of the mirror, and gently peeling the pieces off. It's great because I see what going on. Sometimes I get some huge pieces! Once the pieces are peeled back a certain distance, I might clip it with a nail clippers, rather than continuing to tear until there's blood. It takes just a minute or two, and I seem to need to do this every two to three days. Perhaps I need to do it more in the cold whether.

As unconventional as this method may be, I'd rather do this than look like an idiot biting my lip for several hours. It can look a bit feminine to bite your lip, but I can't resist. I get pleasure out of it, perhaps in the same way people get pleasure out of cracking they're knuckles or sneezing. I like knowing that it's done.

I've never had any issues pain wise with it, but it's not what a doctor would recommend either. Is there anything I can do so that my lips don't peel as often? Who knows - maybe I'll get cancer of the lip in 60 years! if there's such a thing!?

vicwatson

Are you talking about the ones on your face or ?

Jayop

Drink more water and open a window in the car.

Thanks so much for sharing.

Use lip balm.

paralysed

vicwatson wrote: »

Are you talking about the ones on your face or ?

sorry, yes I am. I rectify that.

paralysed

Candie wrote: »

Thanks so much for sharing.

Use lip balm.

A typical recommendation that I've heard before, and made in a condescending manner.

maudgonner

So when you say 'I'm eating my breakfast, Kate', do you mean you're eating your own skin? :eek:

andekwarhola

paralysed wrote: »

A typical recommendation that I've heard before, and made in a condescending manner.

Usually following a detailed public disclosure of your lip peeling issues, one assumes?

paralysed

maudgonner wrote: »

So when you say 'I'm eating my breakfast, Kate', do you mean you're eating your own skin? :eek:

What would some of these boardsies do for a laugh if it wasn't for me!

JuliusCaesar

Oil is good to soften the lips, use it first, and lip balm to prevent them drying out again.

Chapped lips lead to cracked lips..and that lets bacteria in. NOT a good idea. Neither is making your lips bleed, for the same reason.

paralysed

andekwarhola wrote: »

Usually following a detailed public disclosure of your lip peeling issues, one assumes.

One assumes what?

paralysed

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Oil is good to soften the lips, use it first, and lip balm to prevent them drying out again.

Chapped lips lead to cracked lips..and that lets bacteria in. NOT a good idea. Neither is making your lips bleed, for the same reason.

My lips never crack though. Even if I do get a bit of blood, it's not like I'm going to get spesis!

What sort of oil would you recommend?

paralysed

paralysed wrote: »

A typical recommendation that I've heard before, and made in a condescending manner.

Ask yourself "What would James Bond do?" or WWJBD for short. I don't think JB would be tearing at his gob with a nail clippers or tweezers. He'd take the proactive stance, the preventative measure. James Bond would definitely use lip balm. No doubt about it.

Jon Bon Jovi though, he has the look of a chap that goes at his chapped lips with an open razor. I bet he doesn't use lip balm, and I bet he's sorry.

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I like sneezing its a good feeling

andekwarhola

paralysed wrote: »

One assumes what?

Cracked lips sink quips.

paralysed

andekwarhola wrote: »

Cracked lips sink quips.

Wha? Come on tell me.

pickarooney

maudgonner wrote: »

So when you say 'I'm eating my breakfast, Kate', do you mean you're eating your own skin? :eek:

Who's Kate? Is it not Helen?

fussyonion

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I like sneezing its a good feeling

I thought I was the only one!!
I LOVE sneezing.

paralysed

andekwarhola wrote: »

Cracked lips sink quips.

I dnt know wha that means?

paralysed

paralysed wrote: »

My lips never crack though. Even if I do get a bit of blood, it's not like I'm going to get spesis!

What sort of oil would you recommend?

Any break in the skin can become infected, and sepsis can follow easier than you think. It's unlikely, but not impossible.

Rosehip oil is good for softening skin.

andekwarhola

andekwarhola wrote: »

Cracked lips sink quips.

I got it.

It's very good.

Jayop

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I like sneezing its a good feeling

10 sneezes = 1 orgasm

mfceiling

paralysed wrote: »

What sort of oil would you recommend?

Wd40

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paralysed wrote: »

A typical recommendation that I've heard before, and made in a condescending manner.

You did specifically ask for advice dude.

Moisturise your lips, drink lots of water and don't lick your lips

colm_mcm

paralysed wrote: »

I dnt know wha that means?

Old WW2 propaganda poster. Obscure enough reference.

Shannon757

pickarooney wrote: »

Who's Kate? Is it not Helen?

He changed it to Helen after Kate left him

smallgarden

I use blistex for chapped broken lips, it works really well when theyre really dry

J Mysterio

Jesus that is a damn disturbing thing to read. The mental picture is just horrific.

OP, that is not good or healthy, stop it. Use lip balm.

Turtyturd

A bit of vinegar on your fingers and rubbed around your lips clears it up.

andekwarhola

paralysed wrote: »

I dnt know wha that means?

Just a joke. Play on Loose Lips Sink Ships.

paralysed

Shepherd Bumpy Statistician wrote: »

You did specifically ask for advice dude.

Moisturise your lips, drink lots of water and don't lick your lips

And you think I haven't done that before? It doesn't work.

paralysed

smallgarden wrote: »

I use blistex for chapped broken lips, it works really well when theyre really dry

I used to use that on my cold sores. I have herpes

paralysed

J Mysterio wrote: »

Jesus that is a damn disturbing thing to read. The mental picture is just horrific.

It took longer than I thought to get such a response!

RobertKK

Recently on holidays, I was on high mountains and generally at high altitude, my lips got so dry and I had no lips balm.
Ended up with chapped lips and it was not pleasant. Then you feel like picking annoying loose skin on your lips., disaster, the air was very dry and cold where I was, when I got home my lips recovered quickly.

paralysed

fussyonion wrote: »

I thought I was the only one!!
I LOVE sneezing.

Try lip peeling!

paralysed

RobertKK wrote: »

Recently on holidays, I was on high mountains and generally at high altitude, my lips got so dry and I had no lips balm.
Ended up with chapped lips and it was not pleasant. Then you feel like picking annoying loose skin on your lips., disaster, the air was very dry and cold where I was, when I got home my lips recovered quickly.

Next time it happens, let me know. I'd have loved to have gotten me tweezers to them!

paralysed

paralysed wrote: »

I used to use that on my cold sores. I have herpes

Take a low-dose lysine supplement for cold sores. If you get a blister, crush one and make a paste and apply it directly.

Otherwise use Blistex medicated stick on your lips to stop them chapping. Never lick your lips.

Esel

andekwarhola wrote: »

Usually following a detailed pubic disclosure of your lip peeling issues, one assumes?

FYP

RobertKK

paralysed wrote: »

Next time it happens, let me know. I'd have loved to have gotten me tweezers to them!

God no, I will let no one near my lips with tweezers.
I don't intend on letting it happen again.

paralysed

Candie wrote: »

Any break in the skin can become infected, and sepsis can follow easier than you think. It's unlikely, but not impossible.

But I'd have a superior immune system.

s4uv3

OP I suffer with dry lips quite a bit in winter, central heating etc has them in a state.
Something I've found really helpful is to give them a quick soft rub of my toothbrush whenever Im brushing my teeth. It helps to exfoliate and stimulate them.
And I know it's been said already, but don't leave the house without a good smathering of a good quality lip balm like carmex or blisteze.

Surreptitious

He rubs the lotion on his lips.

J Mysterio

Surreptitious wrote: »

He rubs the lotion on his lips.

I had the same thought earlier :pac:

Surreptitious

J Mysterio wrote: »

I had the same thought earlier :pac:

He probably saves the skin off loads of unsuspecting lips to make himself a tunic or something.

paralysed

Surreptitious wrote: »

He rubs the lotion on his lips.

What?

cbyrd

I bite my lips all the time too, the only get dry when I'm dehydrated, the last thing I would use is a petroleum based lip balm, they work by drawing moisture out of the skin, thus leaving them drier in the long term.
Coconut oil is by far the best oil I've used, especially going out in the cold/windy weather.
And the toothbrush rubbing as someone already mentioned.

retro:electro

The op made me want to vomit

paralysed

cbyrd wrote: »

the last thing I would use is a petroleum based lip balm, they work by drawing moisture out of the skin, thus leaving them drier in the long term.

it's lebello I'm using. I don't think that has petroleum, but hard to get a straight answer online.

hatrickpatrick

I just find if I do that, I pay for my impulse half an hour or so later when it starts stinging like feck, and it stays sore like that for up to a day, so not worth it. If it doesn't hurt, it's probably grand.

mad muffin

Op. You need more jizz on your lips.

paralysed

cbyrd wrote: »

I bite my lips all the time too

You'd get away with it if you're a girl. Might even turn me on!