Top 10 Chapped Lips Home Remedies

Top 10 Chapped Lips Home Remedies

Loss of moisture in lip skin causes chapped lips. The loss of natural oils may happen due to exposure to sun, cold dry winds or even repeated licking. Chapped lips are dry, red and painful. They may split and bleed causing immense discomfort.

Simple care at home can avoid this extreme condition. Following tips can help you take care of your lips, chapped and otherwise:

* Ensure your body is not deficient in B vitamins, iron or essential fatty acids. These deficiencies can cause scaling of lips and cracking of lip corners. Take a multivitamin/mineral supplement after consultation with your physician.
* Hydrate your body by drinking plenty of water. Dehydration can cause dryness of lips. Increase your water intake during winter to keep your lips look fresh. You can also humidify the rooms to deal with winter dryness.
* Rule out allergy to lipstick dyes.
* If in spite of water intake your lips seem dehydrated, apply cool wet cloth to hydrate lips. Also try to seal in the moisture with a lip balm. Apply lip balm every hour or two to treat dry lips and to keep them healthy. Use balm with spf of at least 15 to save your lips from sun damage.
* Don't lick your lips, it will cause more chapping. Licking lips doesn't moisturize them.
* Lip lickers also tend to be lip biters. Biting lips removes their protective covering which causes further drying.
* Some people are allergic to flavoring agents in toothpastes and mouthwash. Check with your physician if that could be your problem.
* Creamy lipsticks can act like balms and prevent your lips from chapping. Avoid using lipsticks that can dry out your lips.
* Use a soft toothbrush to softly buff your lips to remove the deposit of dead cells that will cause more drying and flaking.
* Chapped lips are also susceptible to infections. Apply over-the-counter antibiotic ointment to avoid infection.
* If your chapped lips are due to drooling in the night, you can use zinc oxide ointment that acts as a protective agent.
* You can also try applying clarified butter or milk cream before going to bed for a few days.
* Other remedies that you could try are - rub a slice of cucumber on your lips, apply neem extract, and use aloe vera gel. A saline bath is also seen to help some people.
* Vitamin A is also important for repair of skin. Ensure that your diet includes vitamin A rich ingredients like carrots, tomatoes, green leafy vegetables, whole grains and legumes. You can also have a vitamin rich juice made up of 1 tbsp. of water cress, carrot and spinach juice, 2 tbsp. wheat germ oil, one glass of tomato juice, and 1 tbsp. of nutritional yeast.

How To Take Care of Lips

How To Take Care of Lips

Here are some tips to care your lips:





1.Make it a routine to exfoliate the lips with a lip scrub. This can be followed by a lip balm.


It is very important to moisture the lips as they do not contain oil glands. Applying petroleum gelly and lip balms keeps the lips moisturized and in good condition. Good skin moisturizers containing Vitamin E, aloevera, or neem extracts can be applied, especially when we go out. Vaseline or Carmex can be applied several times a day or when we eat or drink or wipe the lips. Generally the lip gloss contain the ingredients like glycerin, aloevera, etc. which will help moisturizing and giving shiny effects to the lips.


2. Use a sunscreen for the lips when you go out.


The over exposure to sun will damage and dry the lips. So use a lip balm which contains sunscreen with an SPF (Sun Protection Factor) 15 or above.


3. Avoid licking the lips.

Saliva may be able to provide temporary results. But it will evaporate easily. This will only help to leave the skin more dry.

4.Drinking plenty of water.


It will prevent dehydration of lips. Plenty intake of water will help to hydrate the lips.

5.Apply lotions or creams during the night time.


Apply lotions containing zinc oxide on the lips before going to bed as it will prevent the lips drooling in the night. It is good to apply the natural items like butter, milk creams etc.

6.Assure proper intake of vitamins.


The riboflavin deficiencies can lead to the cracks at the corners. This can be avoided by the proper intake of Vitamin B2 supplements. Multivitamin supplements can provide B Vitamins, essential fatty acids and iron which will prevent the cracks and scaling of lips.

7.Avoid lip biting.


It is a habit for some. But never forget that it adversely affects the beauty of the lips.

8.Use the cosmetics which suits your lips.


The matte finish lipsticks will only worsen the condition of the peeled lips. So if your lips are peeled, avoid them.