Monday, 28 January 2019

[Skin Concerns] Severely chapped lips

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Hello, ska! Around thanksgiving I went home to Pennsylvania. I grew up there for 18 years and live in LA afterwards (both very dry environments during certain times of the year) but I currently live in Florida. I was only home for a week, but while I was home my lips got pretty chapped. That’s not totally surprising considering that the humidity is a lot different in Florida than it is in PA around this time of the year. However, when I came back from Florida my lips were still chapped and remained chapped for about 3 weeks. At the end of December, I went home again for the holidays, and my lips became even more chapped than they were in November. They were swollen, red, itchy, burning, and peeling. I tried a lot of different treatments such as chapstick, argon oil, Cerave moisturizer, aquaphor, Mario badescu’s lip balm, Vaseline, and finally Carmex. Carmex seems to be the only thing to help my symptoms. Nothing else is working. I have no idea why. Anyway, I was home for about a week and a half and returned to Florida almost exactly a month ago. My lips are still chapped, though, which is a little concerning to me. I didn’t think I would still have this problem after being back in a humid environment for a month. I’ve been using so much Carmex that I’m almost done with a tube of it after only using it for a few weeks. It doesn’t seem like this problem is going away, either. Carmex is treating the symptoms but isn’t fixing the problem. I tried stopping Carmex in exchange for aquaphor/Mario badescu a few days ago and my symptoms returned full-force. Has anyone else had issues with recovering from severely chapped lips? Do any of you have any suggestions for how I can fix this issue rather than simply treat the symptoms?I’m a little worried that this is a sign of a larger problem, so I’ve made an appointment with my physician in the hopes that they can ease my concerns or recommend me to a dermatologist that can help me fix this issue. In the meantime, though, anyone’s insight on this problem or advice regarding how I might be able to fix it would be hugely appreciated.
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