For most people, our lips are always prone to chapping, and even though we drink water every day, our lips will still be chapped and peeled, which is very painful. In the cold season of autumn and winter, the chapped situation is even more serious, resulting in the mouth often looking full of cracks and very ugly.
In fact, this is all because the lips are not like other ** in the body, it is not protected by sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and sweat glands, and the surface is a mucous membrane, which is more fragile than ** and is easier to evaporate water.
Therefore, when the weather is a little drier and colder, it is easier to peel and the lip lines are more obvious. If you still like to wear lipstick and other lip products, you will find that your lips are more flaky, and even if you wear a big brand lipstick, your lip lines are very noticeable and your entire lip makeup becomes unsightly.
Do you think this kind of thing only happens to adults, children's lips are more delicate, and they are naturally more susceptible to injury, and children do not have a certain degree of self-control than adults, and they can't help but lick when their lips are dry and uncomfortable, resulting in the lips being licked more and more dry, and the drier and drier they are, a vicious circle, if you still like to tear your mouth, it will be even more serious! It can even trigger cheilitis!
Why are our lips so fragile? 】
The thickness of our lips is about the same as this egg membrane, very thin, very fragile, and very sensitive.
The thickness of the lips is only one-third of the thickness of our other **, and there are very few glands on the lips.
What is a gland?
There is an important organ in our **, called the sebaceous gland, its main function is to secrete oil, in the center of our body, such as the forehead, nose, chin, chest and back, these places are more distributed, so these places are also the places where the oil on our body is more serious. Like other areas, because the sebaceous glands are less distributed, there is almost no oil secretion and it will be drier.
Our lips are the same, because the sebaceous glands of the lip skin are less distributed, so the oil secreted by ** itself can be said to be minimal, and as we all know, these oils are an important reason to protect our skin from dryness.
So lips that aren't protected by natural oils are more susceptible to damage and more prone to aging.
What behaviors can make our lip problems worse? 】
1.Frequent lip licking and lip biting: on the one hand, it will cause the lipid film that protects the lips to disappear and dry the lips. On the other hand, the saliva that stays on the lips will cause the water to evaporate, making the lips drier.
2.Exposure to irritating and allergenic substances: For example, lipsticks that you usually buy may also be potential allergens if they contain fragrances, preservatives, propolis, lanolin, etc.
3.Fungal infection: saliva is trapped in the corners of the mouth, causing wetness, maceration, and easy secondary Candida albicans (fungal) infection. Saliva maceration that occurs when children suck their fingers and lips can also cause angular cheilitis. Wearing dentures and orthodontic appliances may also cause angular cheilitis.
How to protect your lips].
It's actually very simple, do a good job of lip moisturizing and repairing, and use lip balm to repair damaged lip muscles.
With cheilitis, the lips and even the surrounding ** barrier will be damaged, and moisturizing lip balm can not only promote the recovery of the damaged barrier, lock in moisture, but also isolate germs.
For mild cheilitis, where there are only symptoms of dryness and peeling, most of them can be gradually relieved and healed by removing the triggers and strengthening moisturizing.
However, for patients with more severe symptoms, moisturizing alone is not enough, so it is recommended to consider seeking medical attention.
Recommended lipstick] Blistex Blue Lips Small Blue Can Lip Balm.
Blistex is a lipstick brand that should have a history of more than 70 years now, and the earliest was a medicated lipstick made by pharmacists, because the effect was so good, it registered the trademark of Blistex and officially began to sell.
This little blue can lip balm is also very old, since its launch in 1985, has been a big hit, and according to official statistics, the annual global sales are more than 100 million
Personally, I think the reason why this little blue can has been popular for so long is because it has a restorative property that other lip balms don't have.
The lipstick body we commonly use is relatively hard, which is basically a function of moisturizing, but the texture of this lipstick is relatively soft, the purpose is to allow everyone to apply it to the lips thickly, which can isolate air bacteria and provide a better recovery environment for the cracked **, coupled with the effect of the formula ingredients, your chapped mouth will recover quickly with this.
So if you have a chapped mouth that often cracks and peels, I highly recommend this one