Lips - chapped and dry

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Alternative names
Chapped lips

Information
Here are some recommendations for preventing chapped lips:

     
  • Avoid going out in dry, cold weather without putting on lip balm or lipstick.  
  • Try to keep the air in your home humid.  
  • Use a sunscreen on your lips when outside in sunny weather.  
  • Avoid excessive sun exposure.

Some recommendations for soothing chapped and sore lips:

     
  • Treat chapped lips with beeswax and phenol (such as Carmex).  
  • Drink additional fluids in winter months.

 

Johns Hopkins patient information

Last revised: December 7, 2012
by Mamikon Bozoyan, M.D.

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