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BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

Severely Dry/Cracked Lips

lynnie · Chanel

i used to have this problem, then i stopped using ANY lip product with petrolatum in it...its in 95% of what's out there- even "medicated" balms. It has made such a huge difference- i don't know why, but it really dries my lips out. My two fave lip balms in the world are kiehl's baby lip balm and ganache for lips (i like choc. raspberry flavor)...i've bought maybe 25 tubes of them in the past couple of years. Also, drinking a TON of water helps.

Tashina · Kate Spade

i use lansinoh brand lanolin that is meant for breast feeding mothers to use on their nipples. i put a generous coat on right before i am going to go to sleep, and then wipe what is not absorbed off with a tissue in the morning before i shower, and my lips are never chapped. unless they get sunburned or if i get a cold. i know it sounds a little strange, but trust me, it really works!!

oh, yeah, and you can also use a thinner layer during the day if you need and it has a great shine to it, and it will last forever.

Lansinoh - Lanolin for Breastfeeding Mothers - 2 oz

-- Edited by Tashina at 23:50, 2006-06-02

carmenb513 · Coach

Kiehl's baby lip balm............it's the best thing since sliced bread $7.50, oh exfoliating your lips at nite, then slather on aquaphor

luckyclover · Dooney & Bourke

I get chapstick with mentholatum in it or peppermint oil. Both of these feel cold going on. Natural Ice and Burt's bees are my favorites. I've tried lots of others but they seem to dry my lips out worse....neutrogena and clinique all about lips are the worst.

I agree with the drinking lots of water and I think if you were going to a dr, you would go to a dermatologist for this. I'm sure there is some kind of medicated chapstick available. Maybe you could just call a derm and ask for recommendations for some?

wicked · Coach

Shea Butter - Mini Pure Shea Butter : Take-along tin of 100% Shea Butter hydrates and protects lips, face, cuticles and hands. This powerful moisturizer is retrieved from the fruit of African Shea trees, and celebrated world-wide for encouraging cellular renewal and repairing the hydrolipidic film, thereby softening, soothing and comforting skin. Non-irritating; suitable for men, women and children.

I cannot rave about this enough!

relrel · Marc Jacobs

is it possible that you've developed an allergy to something in the chapsticks? meaning, that over time you have used the chapsticks so much that you've gained a increased sensitivity to one of the primary ingredients and that using more and more has just excerbated the problem. i would definitly go to the derma and ask him what's going on.