My lips have been dry lately

Once autumn and winter come, people will lick their lips unconsciously and feel that their lips are getting drier and drier. After licking their lips subconsciously, their lips start to dry, and the more they lick, the drier they feel. This is normal when the weather is dry and there is no need to worry. If you want to solve the problem completely, you first need to replenish your body with water. Secondly, choose a good lip balm, apply it to your lips regularly, and apply a thick layer before going to bed. The most important thing is to make sure you stop licking your lips. This article introduces the causes of dry lips, let’s take a look.

1. The reason why lips are always dry

1. Licking lips

Many people feel that their lips are dry and chapped, so they lick their lips unconsciously, but the result is often counterproductive, and the symptoms of dry lips are aggravated, and even cause swelling of the lips and blood scabs. When you lick your lips with your tongue, due to the dry air outside, the moisture brought by the saliva will not only evaporate quickly, but will also take away the little moisture that already exists on the lips, causing a vicious cycle of licking more and more, which makes the lips drier. In severe cases, it may even cause pigmentation on the skin at the corners of the mouth.

2. Chronic cheilitis

Chronic cheilitis is a chronic, nonspecific inflammatory lesion of the lips, which is mostly caused by various long-term and continuous stimuli, such as dryness and cold, and especially related to bad habits such as licking and biting the lips. In addition, lips are prone to scabs in autumn, which is also related to the bad habit of licking lips.

3. Seasonal reasons

Chapped lips are a common symptom during the fall and winter seasons. Since saliva contains a variety of digestive enzymes, after the saliva on the lips evaporates, these large molecular proteins will remain on the lips and form a scab together with the shed cells on the lips. Since the tissue under the scab is incomplete, if it is torn off forcibly, it will cause more local exudation and thus form more scabs.

2. How to prevent dry lips in winter

1. It can be prevented and treated by adjusting diet and daily habits. Eat more fresh vegetables, such as bean sprouts, rapeseed, cabbage, white radish, etc. to increase the intake of B vitamins.

2. Replenish sufficient water in time. Drinking enough water is very helpful for the balance of human body functions and can effectively prevent chapped lips.

3. Both men and women should use lip balm to protect their lips, and try to choose colorless lip balm with less irritating ingredients. For people with allergies, applying sesame oil or honey to the lips with a cotton swab can also have a good moisturizing effect.

4. Try to avoid external stimuli such as wind and sun, and you can wear a mask to protect yourself.

5. Correct bad habits such as licking lips and biting lips. If the chapped and scabby symptoms on the lips do not heal for a long time, you should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause as soon as possible and receive symptomatic treatment.

6. Do not tear the skin off your lips. When your lips become dry and peeling, apply clean, wet gauze to your lips and keep it wet until the dandruff can be gently wiped off with a cotton swab.