I’m a doctor – here's how to avoid chapped lips
Dr. Mark Strom shared his three-step solution for chapped lips — and the first step is to toss out your ChapStick.Lips don’t have oil glands, but they also have super thin skin, making them more prone to drying out.Our lips can dry out so much more easily that the skin on the rest of our bodies, and a lack of sebaceous glands are partially to blame.
FDA may outlaw food dyes 'within weeks': Bombshell move would affect candy, soda and cakes, revolutionize American dietsOur lips are much more likely to get chapped in the winter — and lip balm’s not the way to fix them.Skin on the lips is also thinner and and lacks keratin, making it not as good at retaining water.
“In dry, cold weather, the moisture inside our skin cells essentially gets sucked out and into the environment,” Dr. Martiza Perez, another dermatologist, told“Lip balms containing ingredients like phenol, menthol and salicylic acid actually make your lips drier. So, you apply more and it becomes a vicious cycle,” dermatologist Dr. Melissa Piliang told the
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