The lips are rough and grainy when pursed

If your lips are rough and grainy when you purse them, it is usually related to the hair follicles. You don't have to worry too much about it. You must pay attention to drinking light drinks and avoid eating spicy foods. You need to keep your skin clean and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. You must pay more attention to rest and it is best not to stay up late often. Good living habits and eating habits are very important to the human body.

Beware that chapped lips may be related to spleen deficiency

Bad habits may cause cheilitis

Dry lips may be caused by vitamin B2 deficiency, indigestion, or chronic cheilitis. It is best to ask a doctor for help in diagnosis.

Cheilitis is often prevalent among young people. Some bad habits are the cause. They lick or bite their lips when they are dry, but they don’t expect that the more they lick and bite, the drier they become. When the lips peel or a thin scab appears, they are directly torn off, which will lead to increased pain, lip bleeding, infection, difficulty in healing the wound, and repeated attacks, forming a vicious circle, which will develop into chronic cheilitis after a few days of delay.

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. 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, leaving a circle of red, which is very ugly.

Experts suggest that dry lips should also be considered in light of comprehensive health factors. Chapped lips are related to people eating less fresh vegetables in their daily lives and insufficient intake of B vitamins.

The weather is dry in winter and the temperature difference is large. You should drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, especially pears, water chestnuts and other foods that have the effect of promoting fluid and nourishing yin, and take vitamins, smoke and drink less, try to eat less spicy food, and get enough sleep.

Don't lick your chapped lips

The red area around the human lips is called the "vermilion border". Its moisture is maintained by the local abundant capillaries and a small number of underdeveloped sebaceous glands. Due to the low humidity and strong winds in autumn and winter, the blood circulation of human skin and mucous membranes is poor. If you eat less fresh vegetables, the body's intake of vitamin B2 and vitamin A will be insufficient, and the skin and mucous membranes will become dry and cracked. Traditional Chinese medicine reminds: Never lick your lipstick-covered lips in autumn and winter.

Some people like to lick their lips with their tongue to moisten them. In fact, this is a bad habit, because licking the lips can only bring temporary moisture. When the moisture on the lips evaporates, it will take away more moisture from inside the lips, causing your lips to fall into a vicious cycle of "dry - lick - drier - lick again". As a result, the more you lick, the more painful it becomes, and the more cracked your lips become. What's more, saliva contains substances such as amylase. When the wind blows, the water evaporates, taking away the heat and making the temperature of the lips lower. The amylase then sticks to the lips, causing the deep connective tissue to contract and the lip mucosa to wrinkle, making the lips drier. In severe cases, it may cause infection, swelling and pain.

In addition, lips are prone to scabs in autumn and winter, which is also related to the bad habit of licking lips. 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.