Around the world and in every country, the onset of cold weather has varied effects. Although the cold weather brings with it blizzards and snowstorms in Canada, USA and Northern Europe just brings a respite from the heat in the equatorial regions. However, it also brings with it a common problem of chapped lips or cheilitis.
Chapped lips or cheilitis is a medical condition in which the lips of a person start drying or cracking especially the upper layers. The same skin peels sometimes in small sections. The reason for this is only the loss of moisture from the upper layers of the lips. The excessive drying of the lips is usually characterized by mild bleeding and pain.
Chapped lips is caused by a variety of reasons that include :
1.) Cold weather: conditions, increase the rate of moisture loss from the lips as the air is dry.
2.) Licking behavior: Many people have the habit of licking your lips. Licking. however, does not moisturize the lips, in fact, the enzymes present in saliva can actually undermine the moisture from her lips.
3.) The deficiency of Vitamin B2: Vitamin B2 plays an important role in various cellular processes and metabolism of nutrients. Chapped lips is a common symptom that denotes a lack of vitamin B2 in the body (this condition is called Ariboflavinosis, and it is very rare).
4.) The reactions to certain drugs: Overdose of some drugs, such as vitamin A supplements and other medications containing compounds based on retinoids are known to cause chapped lips.
As the title of this article indicates, the solutions for Chapped Lips are easy and are as follows :
1.) Do not lick your lips.
2.) Use a Vaseline: A combination of petroleum jelly / cream and a moisturizer if it is available in a single product is the best. The cream-based jelly prevents moisture to escape, while the moisturizing helps to increase the moisture content of the lips.
3.) Drink plenty of water: It is not just for chapped lips, keeping your body well hydrated will help increase the health of your body.
4.) Home-based remedies include, but are not limited to: application of beeswax, honey, butter or vitamin E oil based.
5.) The use of lipstick / lip balm: Many of these are actually moisturizers as well.
6.) adequate amounts of vitamins B2 and E and iron actually help prevent skin diseases.
To summarize, chapped lips is a condition that is easily preventable. Just apply a little general good sense and some simple remedies above to make sure that your lips stay healthy even in unsuitable weather conditions.
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