What causes chapped lips? What to do if your lips are chapped?

In autumn, when the weather is dry, many people feel that their lips are dry and chapped, so they often lick their lips unconsciously. However, this will only backfire and make the symptoms of chapped lips worse. So, what causes chapped lips? What should we do about chapped lips? In fact, it doesn't matter what causes chapped lips. What's important is to be good at replenishing water in time to prevent chapped lips.

1. What causes chapped lips?

1. The weather is clear, dry and windy in autumn. Many people will feel dry and cracked lips, so they will lick their lips unconsciously. However, the result is often counterproductive. The symptoms of chapped lips are aggravated, and even the lips will swell and form blood scabs.

2. In fact, chapped lips are just an inflammatory disease of chronic cheilitis. In addition to the untimely and insufficient water supplementation, it is also related to various long-term and continuous stimulations, such as spicy food preference and weather and climate changes, which are the main reasons for chapped lips. Under these circumstances, it is easy to cause the loss of water in the human body. In addition, the untimely water supplementation will cause chapped lips. Therefore, to prevent chapped lips, drinking more water is the best way.

3. In addition, after the chapped lips appear, bad habits such as frequent licking and biting of the lips will aggravate the condition. This is because when you lick your lips with your tongue, the dry air outside will evaporate the moisture brought by the saliva, and at the same time, it will take away the moisture of the lips, causing a vicious cycle of licking more and more, and the more you lick, the drier it becomes.

4. After your lips become chapped and scabbed, do not develop the habit of tearing off the scabs on your lips. This will not only damage the already fragile basal tissue on your lips, but also make it easier for the moisture in your lips to be lost. Tearing off the scabs on your lips will result in more scabs being torn off, making it easier for moisture to be lost. The chapped lips that were originally easy to recover will become a long-term lip inflammation.

2. What to do if your lips are chapped?

1. Drink plenty of water. Timely replenishment of water is the most effective way to prevent chapped lips. Sufficient drinking water is very helpful for the balance of human body functions. It can not only promote metabolism, but also effectively prevent chapped lips.

2. Eat more fresh vegetables, such as bean sprouts, rapeseed, cabbage, white radish, etc. to increase the intake of B vitamins.

3. Both men and women should use lip balm to prevent chapped lips. When buying lip balm, try to choose colorless lip balm with less irritating ingredients.

4. Eat less spicy and greasy food, drink less alcohol and smoke less.

5. When the indoor environment is dry, pay attention to humidification, sprinkle some water, or place a basin of water indoors to maintain the indoor humidity.

6. In addition, you can take riboflavin orally to prevent chapped lips.

7. Or apply 1% gentian violet to cracked lips.

8. You can also apply some peanut oil or vegetable oil.

9. The steam water on the pot lid can also prevent chapped lips.

10. It is also effective to apply honey to chapped lips.

In short, if you have chapped lips, you should first change your bad habit of licking your lips. Then, drink more water, and your chapped lips will heal quickly.