My Lips! Please Help Me!!! Posted: 06-26-04 16:58pm
I have this weird thing with my lips where
about once every 2 weeks or so, they
become really itchy and irritated and I
can't help but pinch or scratch them and
then they end up all chapped. I don't
know if they're cold sores because i've
seen pictures and my lips don't look as
serious as them. Is there anything that
I should apply on them or do? Please
help!
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 06-26-04 19:41pm
What sort of
creams/ointment/lipbalm/lipstick do you
use on them now?
You say once every 2 weeks or so, how long
does it last each time or do you just get
it & then it finally gets better to
just start all over again??Or does it
happen say when you ovulate & then
again at start of period (if you're male
sorry & ignore this question!!)
is there anything you do (swimming) or
eat(lemons) or anywhere you go
(bushwalking)about the time it starts??
You could try vaseline, using lip balm
all(repeat all not just when your lips are
bad) the time. Not eating acidic foods
(tomato, lemon, orange, pineaplle etc).
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the one
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Miami Beach
Posted: 06-26-04 21:13pm
If it turns out to be very bad chapping,
then I highly recommend kiehl's lip balm.
And like the person above me said, use it
all the time, and i'd recommend leaving it
on overnight.
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kc167
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-26-04 22:28pm
- hey, thanks for replying so fast, I use
a whole range of stuff including blistex
and burt's beeswax. The thing is that
after my lips get chapped and heal up a
bit I massage my lips with blistex
revitalizer (the stuff in the purple
tube), which works great and the dry skin
peels off and then i'll have perfect soft,
non-itchy lips for just a few days and
then they'll start to itch and get
irritated again. There are no visible
cold sores but i'd feel like 2 or 3 soft
bumps around the edges of my lips that are
sooooo itchy that I can't help but pick or
scratch my lips. Afer the itching stop
because I scratch/pick my lips they get
really chapped overnight and then they
heal after I rub stuff on it and then so
on ... Please help! Thanks alot!
It doesn't really have a connection w/my
period it just happens in a routine
basis.
"or do you just get it & then it
finally gets better to just start all over
again??" < yeah something like that
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 06-27-04 00:57am
Reading this I wonder if maybe there's an
element of allergy/allergic reaction in
this?? The itchiness sounds like that.
Another thought just occurred - don't be
offended or upset but could it be an std -
from intimacy with someone with something
other than simple cold sores?? If you
haven't seen a dr maybe you should just to
rule out this & allergies.
