Hello,

I'm not healed yet, but I'm on my way. I put NOTHING on my lips at all - no ointments, balms, chapstick - nothing. I do not peel the skin. I let it fall of on its own, although I do trim the edges as needed with curved nail sissors. I try to protect my lips from irritation as much as possible. I also watch my diet very closely (no fried foods, high carbs, high Sugar content, etc.). I am only 2 weeks into this experiment, but my peeling cycle is slowing down and the skin that does peel is slowly, but surely becoming thinner with each cycle.ALso, most of the pain and burning sensation is also gone. I am convinced we just have to let our lips heal naturally and do our best to protect them so that they can do what they need to do. Be patient and know that they'll look worse before they will look and feel better. It's worth it! Best wishes to you!

My peeling and chapped lips are due to allergies. When I stopped eating wheat they improved GREATLY. However, I still get symptoms during the Spring or Fall due to the pollen. A family member of mine stopped eating wheat and no longer has problems with her lips.

Have you tried eliminating dietary items to which you may be allergic?

Hey, so i have had this frustrating issue with my lips since i can remember however, it started to get out of control when i was in middle school. I'm in college now but in high school i had found something that helped me. Locoid 0.1% ointment. This stuff was literally a miracle worker for me! So much so that if i didnt have it on me at all times i would get super amxious and nervous that my lips were going to go back to ugly. The sad part of this is that the company that manufactured this is no longer producing it! :'[ im sure you can understand the panic i felt because the last thing i wanted was my lips to freak out. So i had to resort to other things like vaseline, the cream version of locoid .01% mixed with vaseline to mimic the ointment version i was so dependent on. Needless to say im still trying to find out what works for me and my lips are currently in bad shape...its awful and embarrassing but i have looked on online pharmacies to see if i could order the locoid ointment from canada or something and still dont have it so atleast you can try the cream version with a little vaseline and get some kind of relief.

I apply coconut oil and rub rub rub... The dead skin tends to literary fall off. Don't over do it if you try this, just put it on and massage your lips. When you feel you can try rubbing the oil off with a wash cloth.
Coconut oil contains an anti bacterial (helpful if it is part of a bacteria thing, it softens and absorbs real well also.)