How to Prevent Chapped Lips

There are so many methods to cure and prevent chapped lips, yet people still have chapped lips quite frequently. Chapped lips are not only unattractive, but they are uncomfortable and could easily lead to infection. Here are some easy tips to help prevent and cure this problem:

Avoid the weather that causes chapped lips

Chapped lips are most often caused by certain climates, mainly cold and dry. Lip balm and other similar products such as lip gloss or even lipstick help provide lubrication. This lubrication helps mimic an eviornment such as a hot and humid one that promotes smooth and unchapped lips.

Proper Nutrition

Proper nutrition plays a large role in your overall health, and that includes your lips. A body lacking in essential vitamins such as iron, b-vitamins, and zinc will be lacking in it's ability to prevent and cure chapped lips. Make sure to consume enough food rich in these 3 vitamins.

Water!

As if you needed more reasons to drink water. Water helps prevent chapped lips by fueling your body with energy, but water also helps to lubricate and cure those ugly bumps and scabs that come with chapped lips.

Don't pick and prod

Picking and prodding at your already chapped lips does just the opposite of what you want. You are not only peeling away the dead skin from your chapped lips, but you are also peeling away the underlying skin. This can create cuts and scabs that lead to infection. Avoid picking at dry lips at all costs.

The personal remedy

I use my own personal remedy to prevent chapped lips and it works beutifully. Back in the days before lotion and nice soaps, women used a mixture of olive oil and sugar to keep their skin smooth. Applying this mixture to your lips produces similar results. Try to avoid licking your lips too often after this mixture is applied, or the affects won't last as long.