Does peeling your lips have to be a bad thing?

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!?