The skin on lips very sensitive, it is easily injured. Many people regularly face problem when lips are weather-beaten and dry up, at the same time there is similar even in the house or in favorable weather conditions. Because of what the skin on lips so quickly dries up, is weather-beaten, bursts? How to cope with similar state?
Reasons of weather-beaten and dry lips
Lack of the necessary vitamins. Most often the thin and gentle skin on lips suffers when in organism there are not enough certain nutrients: vitamins from group B and also A, E. Especially strongly avitaminosis can declare itself in off-season.
Wrong breath. When the person owing to any circumstances breathes through the mouth, it negatively affects condition of lips. They quickly dry and are weather-beaten even in situation of normal climatic conditions, when there is no strong wind or precipitation. Such addiction as smoking influences skin of lips not in the best way too.
Bad habits. Many people unconsciously bite or lick lips. Similar actions lead to traumatization of integuments. In similar situation of lip can not only be weather-beaten and dry, but also burst, inflame. The similar behavior in cold and windy weather is especially critical.
Flavoring preferences. The habit to use regularly very hot or salty dishes is reflected negatively in lips. Salt and spices irritate the skin, cause feeling of burning, overdry lips. One more irritant are acid products, for example, excessive consumption of oranges or green grades of apples can lead to inflammation of skin on lips.
Lack of water. The dryness of integuments acts as one of key indicators of lack of water of organism. In addition there can be peeling. Thin skin of lips is especially sensitive, it instantly reacts to the shortage of water.
Certain diseases. The allergy, cold, herpes, any skin pathologies can cause dryness of lips. It is possible to suspect certain painful influence and in case in corners of mouth or on edge of lips there are cracks, perleches, heat-spots, small bubbles of a strange type. At the same time the similar symptomatology can appear that, independently disappear. The swelling of lips, red border on edge indicate any disease/allergic processes too.
Refusal of use of special cosmetics for lips. Skin of lips requires care and protection. If similar does not occur, the smile will be painful as cracks will appear, skin will inflame, will become dry and will lose the sensitivity, tenderness.
Use of low-quality or expired decorative cosmetics. In certain cases the feeling of crusting or dryness on lips can arise in view of individual intolerance of cosmetic.
The overdried air in rooms. This point is especially relevant in winter season when in apartments the heating with might and main works, heaters turn on. Dry air negatively influences integuments and even overdries mucous.
Use of improper toothpaste. Strangely enough, but toothpaste can affect condition of lips. The fluorinated toothpastes and also those options which differ in the increased mint/menthol content negatively influence gentle skin on lips. Their too active use quite often leads to crusting and puffiness of lips.
How to save lips from dryness and crusting
- It is necessary to refuse any habits (breath by mouth, tobacco smoking, licking of lips, etc.) which strike blow in skin on lips.
- To try to humidify and feed always in time lips. To take in habit it is correct to look after this part of body.
- To use special cream with the increased content of vitamins. However, also usual children's cream in case of emergency is capable to help out.
- It is regular to apply lip balms, hygienic lipsticks. Similar will not be superfluous and in warm season. It is recommended to choose fat or remedies in the winter.
- It is always important to treat diseases in time. If on lips there was herpes, "cold" has jumped out, lips in general look painfully, that is the sense to come into drugstore and to buy suitable medicine.
- To replace toothpaste, to carry out audit of cosmetics, to get rid of expired cosmetics.
- To add to the food allowance it is more than useful dishes rich with microelements and vitamins. It is also necessary to minimize the use of salty, acid, hot dishes.
- In summertime to protect skin on lips from solar influence, it is recommended to use regularly lip cream with protection against ultraviolet rays.
- As available house means to help lips to be restored, it is possible to apply olive oil, vaseline.
- Useful will drink more water, to buy home humidifier.
If the problem situation with lips regularly repeats, no ways and methods of fight help, it is necessary to see doctor.