Plump and soft lips will always be in fashion. They are the main indicator of female sexuality and sensuality, so it is very important that lips are always well-groomed and healthy.
There is absolutely no fat layer in the skin of the lips, which should provide timely hydration and nutrition.
You have to constantly fight dryness and chapping, especially in winter.
Causes of chapping
The main factors are the external environment and any irritants.
But let's take a closer look at the most main reasons, along which the lips become chapped:
- When lips are already chapped and peeling, we can independently provoke a worsening of the situation, involuntarily gnawing off exfoliated scales and further injuring the epidermis. This habit should be abandoned immediately, although most often such actions are provoked by psychological reasons: frustration, anxiety and stress. The result can be not only peeling and cracks, but also bruises, wounds, and bruises.
- When we stop breathing through our nose(often due to a runny nose), then we do it with our mouth. Moisture from the breath settles on the lips, evaporates and dries out the top layer of skin.
- The skin on the lips is very sensitive to temperature changes, moreover, both in winter and in the summer heat. Ultraviolet radiation is also very harmful to lips. To protect against it, you need to use lipsticks with a protective factor.
- During periods lack of vitamins E, B and A in the body lips also become chapped. The skin ceases to receive normal nutrition, and metabolic processes in it are inhibited.
- Sometimes chapping can be caused by use of cosmetics of questionable quality or causing allergies. For the same reason, you should not often use super-resistant lipsticks.
- There is an opinion that peeling and chapping is caused by exposure of the lips to toothpaste with a high fluoride content.
In the video: reasons for chapped lips
What to do
Compresses
Coffee compress
Take one spoon of fresh coffee grounds, add two spoons of oatmeal crushed in a coffee grinder and stir. Wrap this paste in one layer of gauze and apply it to the cracks on your lips.
Hold the compress for 15-20 minutes, and then apply a little olive oil to your lips to moisturize the skin. 
Honey compress
Mix natural honey with Vaseline in a 1 to 1 ratio. To obtain a perfectly homogeneous mass, the honey must be heated in a water bath. Dip a napkin or cotton pad into the resulting solution and apply to your lips.
Keep the healing composition for at least 15 minutes.
After this, remove the compress and remove the remaining mixture with a damp cloth.
Masks
Cucumber
Take a fresh cucumber and grate it on the finest grater or puree it in a blender. Pour a little olive or any other vegetable oil into the cucumber pulp and stir. Apply the composition to the skin of your lips and hold for 15 minutes. You can wash off with plain water.
This mask perfectly moisturizes dry lip skin and heals small cracks and wounds. 
Curd
Take 100 g of good homemade cottage cheese and mix it with a small amount of medium-fat cream. You should have the consistency of thick sour cream. Apply the mask to problematic lip skin, leave for 10 minutes and then rinse.
Your lips will immediately become soft and tender.
On video: what to do if your lips are chapped
Oil mask
Pour 20 ml of olive oil into a small bowl. Add 2 drops of liquid from a vitamin A capsule and 2 drops of lemon juice. Apply the mixture to your lips and wait 15-20 minutes. Remove the remaining mask with a dry cloth.
If your lip skin is constantly peeling, use a gentle massage with a soft-bristled toothbrush.
Before starting the procedure, be sure to apply a little softened butter and a drop of honey to the brush. Gently massage your lips for 2–3 minutes, and then rinse off the remaining mixture with warm water.
In the video: chapped lips, how to quickly cure them at home
What can you smear with?
The first thing that comes to mind when you mention chapped lips is - hygienic lipstick or balm. This is the fastest and most practical way to moisturize delicate skin. Experts recommend using.
Use these products not only before every trip outside, but also at home.
In winter, the air in an apartment or house is often very dry, and sponges require care and nutrition with moisture. 
In advanced cases it can help you out regular Vaseline.
It is very dense and greasy, so it can moisturize the skin for a long time and protect the lips from the harmful effects of cold or heat.
After applying Vaseline, gently massage your lips with your fingertips for a few minutes. After 20 minutes of exposure, the remaining Vaseline can be removed with a damp cloth.
Balm “Rescuer” Designed for critical situations when the skin is severely cracked, scratched and itches unbearably.
The healing components in the ointment will not only restore softness to your lips, but also heal them.
They will also create a protective film on the surface of the lips, which will prevent harmful bacteria from entering the cracks.
Prevention measures
It is always more profitable to prevent a problem than to heroically solve it and deal with its consequences.
So, in order not to bring your lips to a deplorable state, you need to listen to these tips:
- Use special lipsticks and balms for lips containing beeswax, healing oils and components for ultraviolet protection.
- Choose all cosmetics carefully. Do not purchase drugs of dubious origin and quality.
- Control yourself on the street preventing you from developing the habit of licking your lips. Regularly lubricating your lips with bitter but healthy aloe juice will help you wean yourself from this bad habit.
- Avoid dehydration. Drink enough still water (1.5 - 2 liters per day).
- Fight dry air in your home. To do this, you can use special humidifiers, or simply hang a wet cloth around the room. A large number of indoor flowers will also help cope with this problem.
- Use long-lasting lip cosmetics only in exceptional cases. Before going to bed, remove makeup with a cotton pad soaked in cosmetic milk.
- Inspect and tidy up your diet. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, nuts and fish.
Lips, like the rest of the face, need daily care.
Take care of them, do not allow pathological changes to occur, and you will always be able to smile widely without experiencing discomfort.
And kisses will only bring pleasure.
Every girl dreams of soft and pink lips. This is not always possible, because some factors can interfere. This includes cold air, strong winds, and drafts. You can treat chapped lips at home using both ready-made medications and folk remedies.
Ready-made care products
You can quickly cure chapped lips using ready-made medications. One of these is the Rescuer balm. Daily dosage – 5–6 applications. After about 4-5 days, you can notice visible improvements: lips become soft, pink, and healthy in appearance.
The second effective remedy is Vaseline. The product is affordable and affordable for every average person. Despite this, the drug is considered a petroleum product, so it must be used with caution.
In the winter season, before going outside, you need to apply hygienic lipstick to your lips. This will help soften your lips, heal cracks, and also prevent the formation of new ones. For example, this could be Panthenol EVA, Nivea, etc.
If your lips are very chapped, zinc gel is perfect. The zinc sulfate included in the composition promotes skin regeneration. Apply the product to the affected areas three times a day until complete healing.
Other effective remedies include Tetracycline ointment (1%). The product is used to treat problem areas twice a day until the pathology is completely eliminated.
Natural oils
You can cure chapped lips using natural oils. If you don’t have the opportunity or time to purchase ready-made medications, but you have one of the oils at hand, it’s worth trying it.
Olive oil perfectly moisturizes and regenerates the skin. Apply this product to a cotton swab and treat the chapped areas every 3 hours. The very next morning you can notice that your lips are refreshed and the chapped areas have healed.
Interesting! You can prepare a healing mixture from several oils: flax, amaranth, sea buckthorn. The ingredients are mixed in equal parts, a cotton swab is moistened in the finished product, and then treated with it on the cracked areas three times a day.
Masks
It’s easy to get rid of the effects of chapping at home using masks made from natural ingredients:
- butter and honey: mix the ingredients in equal volumes (the butter is pre-melted), then apply to the lips and leave for 15 minutes; Wash off any remaining unabsorbed mask with warm water; do the procedure three times a day;
- carrot juice and cottage cheese: mix the ingredients until a consistency similar to thick sour cream is obtained, apply to problem areas and leave for 15 minutes; do the procedure three times a day;
- cinquefoil (root) and butter: grind 5 g of root until a powder is formed, boil in 200 g of oil, cool the product and apply to lips three times a day, leaving for 20 minutes;
- candle wax and hemp oil: heat the ingredients, taking them in equal parts, cool, apply to chapped areas before bed, leaving until morning;
- butter and apple pulp: make a paste from the ingredients, apply to the lips and leave for 30 minutes; do the procedure three times a day;
- lard and rose petals: take 1 tbsp. l. lard, mix with crushed petals and apply to lips, leaving for 30 minutes; carry out the procedure three times a day.
Peeling
An excellent remedy for the treatment and prevention of cracks and peeling is peeling, which is carried out once a week. You can prepare an acid peel using the ingredients you have on hand. It could be strawberries, wild strawberries, viburnum, orange, lemon, banana, kiwi or other healthy fruits and berries.
The ingredients are crushed, mixed and applied to the cracked areas. If the mixture turns out to be liquid, you can thicken it by adding a small amount of oatmeal or corn flour. Peeling will help remove dead particles of the dermis. Leave it on for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
The peeling effect is based on acids contained in the products used.
If your lips are chapped, you can try the following peels:
honey and oatmeal: 1 tbsp. l. mix honey with 0.5 tbsp. l. cereal and add a few drops of milk; Apply the mixture, lightly rubbing, after
- leave for 10 minutes and rinse with warm water;
- mint oil and olive oil, a pinch of soda, 1 tsp. honey: mix the ingredients until a uniform consistency is obtained, apply with massaging movements, leave for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water;
- sea salt, blue clay, olive oil: 1 tbsp. l. mix salt with 0.5 tsp. clay and a few drops of oil, apply with massaging movements, leave for 10 minutes, rinse with warm water.
If your lips are cracking, and not just peeling, before applying scrubs, it is recommended to make a compress from a herbal decoction (chamomile, yarrow, etc.). This will help soften and moisturize the epithelium, as well as enhance the effectiveness of the scrub.
Interesting! Apply the scrub not only with your fingertips, but also with a soft toothbrush or small sponge.
Other methods
If your lips often become chapped, you can perform light massage movements with a toothbrush, using almond oil. In addition to a toothbrush, a soft towel is also used.
Movements should not be sudden. Strong pressure on the lips is prohibited. The skin in this area is quite delicate, and any careless movement can cause additional injury. Before the massage, the skin is treated with moisturizing cream or balm.
If your lips are chapped and cheilitis has also developed, ready-made hormonal ointments will come to the rescue. This could be Hydrocortisone or Prednisolone. In addition, you can use creams with UV filters. Among the internally taken medications, you will need vitamin preparations, which contain vitamins B and PP.
Cosmetologists advise using special capsules that restore health and beauty to your lips. These include Aevit capsules. The contents of one capsule are squeezed out and lightly rubbed. The procedure is carried out three times a day.
Frequent weathering, cracking and peeling occur in people who do not adhere to proper nutrition. Insufficient levels of vitamins and fluids in the body lead to problems with the skin, including the lips.
Your diet should include as many vegetables and fruits as possible, which contain fiber and all the beneficial vitamins. Smoked, spicy, salty foods should be removed from the diet. It is important to maintain a drinking regime. In addition to regular water, you can drink natural juices, weak teas, and fruit drinks.
In children
How to treat chapped lips in a child? Ready-made medications cannot always be used. The baby can lick off the product that has a pleasant smell, but the product that smells bad, he won’t even let you apply.
Of course, you shouldn’t overlook children’s cosmetics, because some developers took this point into account and released products without taste or smell. Such products can be purchased at almost every pharmacy.
Folk remedies are taken as the basis for the treatment of chapped lips in children. This can be honey, butter, from which an ointment is prepared or simply lubricated with cracked areas. Bee products should not be used if the child is allergic to them.
If the effects of chapping occupy a small area of the skin, you can get rid of them at home. In case of extensive damage, when not only the lips, but also most of the face are chapped, the skin is flaky and red, you should consult a specialist and not self-medicate.
One of the most effective and at the same time delicious ways to cure chapped lips is to make a honey mask.
- Melt a tablespoon of honey in a water bath. It is not recommended to use a microwave oven: its waves kill almost all the beneficial properties of this product.
- Apply honey thickly to your lips.
- Walk around with the mask for 20-30 minutes, then wash it off with warm water.
To achieve the best effect, the procedure must be repeated 3-4 times a day.
A protein complex will help severely chapped lips
- It is very easy to make it yourself at home.
- Buy creamy cottage cheese and cream 33% fat.
- Keep food at room temperature until it is no longer cold.
- Mix cottage cheese and cream in a 1:1 ratio.
- Cover chapped lips with the oily mixture, and put a compress of damp gauze on top.
- After 40 minutes, remove the compress and mask, remove any residue with warm water and lubricate your lips with hygienic lipstick.
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How to quickly cure chapped lips with natural oils
Another method of express restoration of thin lip skin is exposure to natural oils.
We want to offer two main options. The first one is the simplest. Apply olive oil to your lips using a cotton swab several times throughout the day. By morning they will definitely “come to life”.
Another way is to make a miracle cure by mixing flaxseed oil, sea buckthorn and amaranth oil. You will need three essential components of the highest quality in equal parts. The composition should be applied 3-4 times a day.
Well, what to do if your lips are chapped and you only have the simplest remedies at hand? Use salt and Vaseline, just right.
- Add 2 tablespoons of salt per liter of warm, clean water, stir until completely dissolved.
- Make cotton compresses from this solution for 40 minutes.
- Then wipe your lips dry and apply a thick layer of Vaseline on them.
This method combines gentle peeling and moisturizing effect.
Pharmacy ointments - with caution
Of course, you will say - why are all these “grandmother’s” remedies needed, if today you can buy a lot of special medications in pharmacies. Of course, this is true, but keep in mind that they can only be used with a doctor’s prescription. Very often they contain hormones and other substances, the uncontrolled use of which is dangerous!
Finally, if your lips are constantly chapped, then you should think not only about emergency help, but also about preventing this unpleasant problem. Two simple measures will help you forget about her forever:
- Normalize your diet, add nuts, greens, whole grain bread, etc. to your menu.
- When going outside, do not forget to regularly lubricate your lips with a protective balm with UV filters.
Beauty is not so much a gift of fate as the result of daily serious work on oneself. Sometimes the impression of stylish clothes, impeccable hair styling and competent make-up can be spoiled by an accidental cosmetic defect, the appearance of which could have been prevented. Who is not familiar with the situation when lips are chapped, but what to do and how to bring them into divine form is completely unclear.
The women's online magazine “The Beautiful Half” decided to collect all the information on this topic in one place and explain the following questions to its readers:
- why lips become chapped;
- how to treat chapped lip skin and restore its elasticity;
- how to prevent “relapses”.
Why do lips become chapped?
The skin on the lips is extremely dry and particularly thin - it does not have sebaceous glands that could provide it with “natural lubrication.” Painful cracks appear on chapped lips, and the skin gradually begins to exfoliate and peel off. When this happens, it is undesirable to do procedures like lip tattooing, and ordinary decorative lipstick is unlikely to look decent on a rough surface. What are the main causes of chapped lips?
1.Bad habits. We sometimes don’t even notice how we accidentally lick or bite our lips, exposing them to microtrauma.
2. Incorrect breathing. You should not breathe through your mouth, as in this case your lips will be under direct “impact” from the flow of moist air.
3. Temperature changes. Room temperature is the most comfortable for our lips. Summer heat or winter frosts can cause them to crack and peel.
4. Ultraviolet rays. If you like to sunbathe under the sun's rays or in a solarium, then your lips have the right not to share this love - ultraviolet radiation is harmful for thin and dry skin.
5. Lack of vitamins. For the health of the skin, and especially the skin of the lips, it is necessary to regularly “feed” the body with vitamins A and E, as well as vitamins of group B. With vitamin deficiency, herpes sometimes develops on the lips, so even folk remedies for herpes on the lips are recommended to be used against the background of appropriate correction nutrition.
6. Toothpaste. The habit of brushing your teeth with a toothpaste containing a high fluoride content also often results in chapped lips. The fact is that fluoride “dries out” the skin.
7. Super long lasting lipstick. It doesn’t really matter whether you use red lipstick or prefer more neutral shades - if this product is super-resistant, then it will act quite aggressively on the skin of your lips.
Treatment for chapped lips
Don’t be too upset about chapped lips: after all, they can be cured in just a couple of days. And only in one case is treatment extended over a longer period - when you need to take a course of vitamins. And we bring to your attention the TOP 10 remedies for effective treatment of chapped lips.
1. Vaseline. They lubricate the lips with it at night, and in the morning remove excess drug with a paper napkin.
2. Honey Natural honey in the amount of one teaspoon is heated in a water bath and applied warm to the skin of the lips. Keep for about half an hour.
3. Butter. Fresh butter with a fairly high percentage of fat content is lubricated on the lips several times a day.
4. Chamomile decoction. Homemade chamomile preparations are known for their anti-inflammatory effects. You can apply warm lotions to chapped lips twice a day or wipe them with a cosmetic ice cube made from chamomile decoction.
5. Olive oil. Its beneficial properties are better revealed if it is applied warm to the skin of the lips.
6. Curd mask. A teaspoon of full-fat cottage cheese is mixed with the same amount of cream and a mask is applied to the lips. Take a lying position and wait about half an hour, after which you wash off the mask with water and lubricate your lips with a nourishing cream.
7. Sour cream. A tablespoon of full-fat sour cream is combined with two to three drops of lemon juice and half a teaspoon of any vegetable oil. It is advisable to use this mask twice a day.
8. Oil-based preparations containing vitamins A and E. The ideal solution would be the inexpensive Aevit complex, which can be easily purchased at any pharmacy. You need to pierce 2-3 capsules with a needle, dispense their contents onto your lips and do a light massage with your fingertips.
9. Aloe juice. A teaspoon of juice is mixed with the same amount of olive or sunflower oil. It is recommended to do the mask twice a day.
10. Oatmeal. The pages of the women's online magazine “The Beautiful Half” have already published material about the benefits of oatmeal face masks, which stated that such products have a beneficial effect on dry skin. A mask of one tablespoon of oatmeal diluted with hot milk in a 1:1 ratio will help improve the condition of your lips. This paste should be kept on the lips for thirty minutes.
Preventive measures: how to prevent chapped lips?
What can you do to ensure that you don’t have to deal with the additional headache of chapped lips?
1. Use hygienic lipstick. This must be done all year round, but in winter, “hygiene” should simply become a basic necessity.
2. Include special balms in your daily lip care, which differ from hygienic lipstick in that they contain many natural ingredients, including vegetable oils and extracts. Balms are available not only in stick form, but also in creamy or liquid form.
3. Use lip scrubs. Many cosmetic brands now offer such a product to their customers. The scrub helps remove dead skin flakes from the surface of the lips.
4. Get a massage. It is best to set aside a few minutes for this procedure immediately after washing your face and brush your lips several times with a toothbrush with soft natural bristles.
5. Watch your diet. It is necessary to eat more fruits, green vegetables, carrots, sunflower seeds, do not neglect quail and chicken eggs, whole milk and cottage cheese, lean fish, and bran bread.
P.S.: What are you used to doing if your lips are chapped? Ideas and recipes can be suggested in the comments to the article.
Almost every one of us faces the unpleasant problem of chapped lips, especially in the winter and off-season. The skin of the lips does not have sebaceous glands that support the protective hydro-lipid layer, so it is sensitive to the negative influences of environmental factors. Temperature changes, cold, wind, dry conditioned air of heated rooms - all this leads to dry lips, as a result we begin to unconsciously lick them, disturbing the balance of the top layer. All this leads to a feeling of tightness of the lips, roughness, flaking of the skin, as well as painful cracks.
The occurrence of this problem is promoted not only by negative external factors, but also by depletion of the body, including a lack of vitamins (vitaminosis). If your lips often crack, inflammation appears, and you regularly take care of them, this means that the body is signaling a lack of vitamins, in particular A, B and C. The source of this vitamin is low-fat cottage cheese. Therefore, it is necessary to include cottage cheese and other dairy and sour-milk products in your diet every day to maintain beauty and the required level of vitamins and microelements. It is especially recommended to consume cottage cheese for those who are on a diet - it does not contribute to the appearance of extra pounds, it is included in the menu of many diets. Just don't add sugar to it, of course. In addition to cottage cheese, you should eat more whole grain bread, include whole grain cereals, more green vegetables and fruits, nuts, fish, butter, eggs, herbs, and black currants in your diet. To restore the disturbed balance, it is necessary to additionally take these vitamins to solve the problem from the inside.
Of course, it is very important to carefully and regularly care for the skin of your lips, and not only with the onset of cold weather. Even in hot weather, lips need protection. Basic hygienic lipstick or balm will help you with this.
Treatment of chapped lips with signs of peeling.
What to do if your lips are still chapped? Proper care of damaged lip skin will restore balance in a few days. It is important not to appear outside in frost and wind or to limit your stay to a minimum. If you experience discomfort or pain as a result of chapping, you should immediately begin treating your lips. Nothing will go away on its own; the situation can only get worse. Vaseline is considered the most common and effective emollient. Apply a fairly thick layer of Vaseline to the skin of your lips, massage them with your fingertips for two minutes, as if driving it into the skin, then remove the remaining Vaseline along with rough areas of the skin with a napkin previously moistened in warm water. For the same purposes, you can use a terry towel.
At the end of the procedure, you should apply a home-made nourishing balm to the skin of your lips. To do this, you need to thoroughly mix one tablespoon of honey with two drops of orange essential oil, half a tablespoon of almond oil and add two capsules of vitamins A and E (or replace them with 4 capsules of Aevita). This balm can be prepared for a long period of time by adding natural beeswax, which acts as a thickener in this recipe. In addition, thanks to the bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties of beeswax, this balm will become a miracle cure for your lips.
To treat chapped skin, it is recommended to use hydrocortisone ointment (1%), on top of which apply a layer of cream with natural moisturizers (eucerin). Today in pharmacies you can buy eucerin with retinol, hyaluronic acid, as well as a host of other useful components.
The skin of chapped lips will thank you for various masks that can also be prepared at home. Vegetable oils, in particular olive, palm, almond, jojoba and other cosmetic oils, have a very effective effect on the lips, making the skin elastic and smooth. The oil should be applied to clean and dry lips, blotting off excess with a soft cloth. It is optimal to use this lip mask before bedtime.
Honey, due to its composition, has a healing effect on the entire body as a whole. Lips are no exception; it promotes rapid healing of cracks. Apply a layer of honey to the chapped skin of your lips using your fingertips with massage movements, as if driving it into the skin, and leave for fifteen minutes. To remove rough skin particles, you can take candied honey, warm it up a little between your fingers and also apply it with light patting movements on the skin of your lips. This procedure will increase blood flow, and, therefore, speed up metabolic processes and cell regeneration.
A honey mask with glycerin and yolk will soften and soothe chapped lips. To do this, mix a teaspoon of honey with the same amount of glycerin, add the yolk and apply to the skin of the lips (you can also apply it to the face). As soon as the mask dries, rinse it with warm water and apply balm or Vaseline. And if you applied it to your face, then you need to apply a nourishing cream to your skin for your skin type.
A creamy curd mask will soften the skin of your lips and give them delicate smoothness. To prepare it, you need to thoroughly grind the cottage cheese with cream until a homogeneous mass is formed, resembling a cream in appearance, and apply to the skin of the lips. After fifteen minutes, remove the mask with a paper napkin and apply Vaseline or nourishing balm to your lips.
Additionally, a mask made from avocado pulp, which contains a huge amount of valuable fatty acids, will nourish and moisturize chapped lips. To prepare such a mask, you need to extract the pulp from the avocado, mash it with a spoon to a creamy consistency and apply to the skin of the lips for 19-15 minutes. After this, remove the mask with a paper napkin and apply Vaseline or nourishing balm to your lips.
A cucumber mask is a good lip moisturizer. You can make a paste from fresh cucumber, or cut into thin circles and apply on your lips for 5-10 minutes. After this, remove the mask with a napkin, and apply hygienic lipstick or any vegetable oil to the skin of your lips.
An apple mask is also effective against chapped lips. Mix apple juice with a tablespoon of fresh cream and a tablespoon of oatmeal. Apply the mixture to your lips and leave for half an hour, then rinse with warm water.
Treatment of cracks in the corners of the lips.
In advanced cases, so-called cracks appear in the corners of the lips, causing a lot of unpleasant and painful sensations. Most often, cracks occur due to frequent licking of the lips, lack of vitamins, irritation to toothpaste, as well as allergies or infections of the oral cavity (candidiasis, etc.). In case of vitamin deficiency and the infectious nature of the cracks, it is necessary to visit a specialist who, after certain tests, will prescribe the appropriate treatment. The same applies to especially deep cracks, from which blood or lymph oozes and crusts form.
If the cracks in the corners of the lips have not yet reached such a serious condition, the tips below may help.
The juice of an aloe plant or agave is considered effective in treating cracks. To do this, you need to cut a fresh leaf of the plant and squeeze its juice into the depths of the wound. This procedure should be done two to three times a day. The cut leaf can be stored in the refrigerator for one to two days.
Squeeze vitamins A+E in liquid form (in capsules) (for example, Aevit) from the capsule directly onto the wound. Also perform the procedure several times a day. Can be done in combination with aloe.
Apple puree, previously boiled in milk, effectively helps with cracks in the corners of the lips. Apply the puree to the lips and cracks in a thick layer and leave for half an hour, then remove the mask with a cotton pad soaked in warm water.
Panthenol spray, Bora+, as well as other pharmaceuticals in the form of ointments have excellent wound-healing properties. Apply directly to affected areas of skin.
If you have cracks in the corners of your mouth, you should not eat spices, sour, salty foods, or other irritating foods, as this slows down the healing process.
In the old days, the following recipe was common for treating cracks: one’s own long hair, held taut, was carefully moved up and down the crack, as if smoothing its edges. The mouth is slightly open. The hair should only lightly touch the wound. This ritual was done several times a day. This method has been tested many times. Inexplicably, it really helps, the wound heals much faster.
Prevention of chapped lips.
In order to prevent chapped lips, it is necessary to use a lip cream or cosmetic balm specially designed for this purpose every day. This should also be done before going outside and after eating. You can also use chapstick, which comes in different textures, medicinal extracts, etc. This product is easy to use and can be carried with you everywhere. By applying it to your lips daily, you will prevent chapped lips and the appearance of cracks.
Avoid using matte lip cosmetics during winter periods. Most often, this lipstick is very dry. If you still cannot refuse such lipstick, lubricate your lips with moisturizer or hygienic lipstick before applying it. Ideally, in winter you should use moisturizing and nourishing lipsticks.
It is worth noting that it is better not to use any decorative cosmetics on damaged lip skin, since the components included in the composition can be irritating to damaged skin.
For preventive purposes, two hours before going outside, you can make a mask for the entire face. To do this, mix a small amount of oatmeal with apple juice and cream. Leave this mask on for at least half an hour, but an hour is better.
Butter, goose fat, badger fat can be a substitute for chapstick - they perfectly soften the skin and protect against cold, wind and frost.
If inflammation or weeping crusts appear on the lips, which, despite treatment, do not heal within a week, you should consult a dermatologist.
