Alternative Medicine/Chapped Lips

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Expert: - 3/5/2007


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What can I do to keep my lips from getting chapped and not let it happen WITHOUT chapstick or a cream of some sort?

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Hi Ben,
Chapped lips are caused by environmental conditions over which we have no control. Dry cold air will cause chapped lips. That is why Chapsticks et help. They protect the lips from the environment. Vaseline is also helpful.
There is nothing you can short of changing where you live to prevent chapped lips. Even being adequatel hydrated is no guarantee to protect you against chappled lips.
Thank you for using Allexperts
Sincerely,
Eric Brandt, B.Sc. Pharm

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