Sore red lips, dry and chapped - the picture is depressing. Such lips can not only ruin your date, but also lead to depression. Undoubtedly, such a problem requires urgent treatment.
If your lips are dry, then it is likely that one of the reasons is adverse weather conditions. You probably noticed that, having been outside in cold, windy weather, your lips dry up and burn. If to everything else you lick them in the wind, then expect trouble. It would seem that by licking your lips, you moisturize them with saliva, but the formed moisture evaporates quickly and the lips dry even more.
Dry red lips and cracks on them can be prevented. To do this, apply a balm or hygienic lipstick on your lips and boldly go outside, just not the lip gloss, which becomes thicker in the cold, which leads to chapping.
It is proved that men suffer from weathered lips much more often than women. The secret of this phenomenon is in lipstick, which is so loved by the fair sex. After all, a high-quality lipstick contains many moisturizing ingredients that do not allow the skin of the lips to dry out. By the way, if the lipstick is of poor quality, then it can contain harmful substances, dyes, which, getting into the resulting microcracks, corrode them, and this is a direct road to various infections. For men, there is a great way to avoid drying out the lips - a colorless lipstick containing zinc oxide. Military and sailors lubricate lips and noses with such lipstick.
Toothpaste can also cause problems with the lips, especially its fluorinated versions, which irritate and dehydrate the delicate skin of the lips. Inflammation from toothpaste may not go away for a long time, so you need to be extremely careful about its choice.
Sore red lips need proper care. In cold weather, a balm containing hyaluronic acid, which remarkably softens and protects lips, will become an indispensable tool.
If you constantly have a feeling that your lips are dry, cracks regularly form in the corners of your lips, then most likely you need to consult a dermatologist who will prescribe a blood test. According to the result of the analysis, a dermatologist will identify which diseases caused a malfunction in the body and can cause dry lips and cracking.
It may be iron deficiency (anemia). Your diet must contain a sufficient amount of iron. If iron enters the body in a minimal amount, then this can manifest itself in various signals, which the body will certainly give, including red lips and cracks.
You should be wary if you feel weak, irritated, dizzy, decreased attention span and headache. If the above symptoms are familiar to you, then rather add nuts, beans, spinach, dried fruits, broccoli to your diet. Meat and seafood contain iron, which is well absorbed by the body.
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is very important for the beauty of the lips and for a good general condition. This vitamin contains milk and green peas, peanuts and cheese, soy and peaches, cottage cheese and pears. It is also found in tomatoes, potatoes, cauliflower, beets, carrots, and spinach. Vitamin B2 is synthesized by lactic acid bacteria, which are found in soft cottage cheese.
Do not rush to pour water after you have boiled potatoes. It contains a lot of riboflavin. Such water can lubricate the inflamed red lips or use it to care for the skin of hands, nails, legs. Signs of riboflavin deficiency are crusts on the lips, inflamed red lips, drying out of the lips, cracks in the corners of the mouth, general weakness, and a state of depression. To prevent a lack of vitamin B2, it is enough to get 2-3 mg of this beauty vitamin per day from the above products .