Thursday, 29 October 2020

PSA: Persistently dry lips? You might be allergic to almost every single lip balm (like me) [Skin Concerns]

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As long as I can remember, I’ve always had dry lips. I constantly apply whatever chapstick or lip balm I have to stave off the dryness, especially come winter. After recently religiously applying aquaphor’s lip balm for about a week, I developed a reddish ring of irritation above my top lip. My lips were soon itchy and irritated.This has happened to me in the past - after using a new lip balm last year, my lips slowly became irritated and literally all the skin peeled off. Gross.After trying all varieties of lip balms over the years, including Aquaphor, Burts Bees, Nivea, etc, I have come to realize that I am allergic to nearly every single lip balm. I had absolutely no idea. My lips would often be a little red and feel chapped at all times, but nothing more serious than this. I was especially shocked that Aquaphor’s lip balm irritated me, but it did.For the last two weeks I’ve exclusively been using the original Vaseline and the mini Vaseline tub meant for lips. My lips have NEVER been softer. Ever. If you’re having persistent lip dryness like me, you might be experiencing a sensitivity!Edit: the Vaseline lip stuff that comes in a soft tube (called lip therapy advanced healing) also irritated me! The only one that didn’t irritate me was the mini tub with the blue cover.
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