Cracked lips after pregnancy

There are many complications for female friends after pregnancy, and pregnant women should pay attention to these symptoms, especially when the lips are chapped and peeling. For this minor symptom, you can apply some moisturizing lipstick on the lips and eat more vitamin-supplementing foods, which can relieve chapped and peeling lips. Let us now learn about the treatment methods for chapped and peeling lips after pregnancy.

How to deal with chapped and peeling lips during pregnancy

1. Don’t lick with your tongue

When pregnant women feel their lips are chapped, it is best not to lick them with the tongue. If there is peeling, do not use your hands or pliers to tear the raised skin, as this can easily cause pain and bleeding. In addition, it is best not to lick your lips. This is because saliva contains substances such as starch. After the water evaporates, the starch will absorb the moisture in the lips, making the lips more chapped.

2. Eat more foods rich in riboflavin

Such as sports foods such as liver, kidney, heart, milk and eggs; legumes such as green beans and edamame; fresh vegetables such as Chinese mustard, rapeseed, water spinach, spinach, radish leaves, amaranth, green garlic, etc.

3. Eat more foods containing vitamin A

Adding foods containing vitamin A such as sweet potatoes, leeks, carrots, eggs, pork liver, etc. to your daily diet can enhance the resistance of local skin and prevent cracks. You can also take some vitamin B2 or multivitamin tablets and vitamin E, etc.

4. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables

First of all, fruits and vegetables are rich in water, which can enhance the body's absorption of water and effectively relieve the symptoms of chapped lips for pregnant women with chapped lips. Secondly, fresh fruits and vegetables can supplement vitamins, especially vitamin B, which is extremely useful for treating chapped lips, because some chapped lips are caused by a lack of vitamins in the body. Therefore, eating more fresh fruits and vegetables is the best way to treat chapped lips during pregnancy.

5. Replenish water in time

In addition to lack of vitamins, the main reason for chapped lips is lack of water in the body. Therefore, water supplementation is very essential. Especially for office workers who sit in front of computers for a long time and are affected by radiation, they should replenish themselves with more water. The amount of water the human body consumes every day should be around 1500-2000ml. Of course, you can't drink too much water at one time just to replenish water, as this will cause "water poisoning", which will not be worth the loss. The most appropriate amount of water to drink at one time should be controlled at around 200ml.

6. Change bad habits

Many people's lips peel or even bleed not because of dryness, but because of licking or biting their lips for a long time. Therefore, if you want to truly protect your lips, you must start by changing these bad habits.

7. Use scissors to trim lip skin

To deal with the raised lip skin, you can use small scissors to carefully cut it off in front of a mirror. Never use your hands or pliers to tear your lips, so as not to tear your lips, causing pain, bleeding, or even infection. This is what is medically known as the "danger triangle."

8. Apply olive oil and milk powder paste before going to bed

Apply olive oil on your lips before going to bed and let it absorb for more than 20 minutes, then wipe it off. You can also mix a small amount of milk powder with water to make a paste, and apply it thickly on your lips to act as a lip mask.

9. Hot compress

Before going to bed at night, you can use a warm towel to apply heat and gently wipe off the dry dead skin on the surface. Avoid using too much force to tear off the dry skin, and then apply lip balm.

Paying attention to timely diet and supplementing with multiple vitamins in daily life can keep your lips healthy and hydrated, and avoid dryness and peeling.