This is my first time posting on curezone, but have finally found something that works for me - and I believe could work for all of YOU too.

Okay; so the issue I've had with most lip balms is that, although they are non-polar - such as Vaseline, they do not provide enough protection/ moisturization for the lips; essentially what occurs is a condition known as "Exfoliative Cheilitis" - http://www.dermnetnz.org/site-age-specific/exfoliative-cheilitis.html.
I have tried hundreds of products and have gone to Harley Street medical professionals, but until recently none of them provided stable consistent relief as I have now found.
[There are other resources around regarding this too, please Google. It is not so incurable or factitious as suggested.]

I started having this condition, when I was 11 (I am now 21); but It's only recently that I've actually found a possible solution to this issue.

The main issue with the lips - is that the natural lipid bi-layer gets removed or destroyed, and then the constant peeling cycle occurs - due to the fact that the lips are unable to retain moisture, or repel water. The solution has come from the use of lecithin on the lips - it contains both phospatidylcholine and ethanolamine (among others), which creates a natural, excitable artificial bilayer for the lips to be protected with. [Please read thoroughly through: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_bilayer
& http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v194/n4832/abs/194979a0.html


I think choline may have a part to play, as many of the symptoms of this condition mimic having a lack of this element in the diet - please check many multivitamins, which simply do not provide it (as phospatidylcholine, or even its lesser suitable form of choline bitartrate).

Please note, I am an undergraduate studying Computer Science at a London university, but have found many different articles which support my theory. Also, my own experimentation has provided a solution whereby my lips have STOPPED PEELING. [This is my first week, and it takes 35 days to fully cycle through the skin removal process].

Simply to stop touching your lips is not enough - eliminate the cause of the cracking, and you eliminate the reason to actually peel the lips in the first place. This did take some form of medical rocket Science to work out. Please also look at choline deficiencies and the possibility of "fatty liver".

http://eng.thesaurus.rusnano.com/wiki/article567


Please experiment with applying lecithin to your lips, at morning, after a meal and at night. Pierce a new capsule each time, or use the same one. I wish this gives you hope, as it has done for me! I am currently talking to a product specialist, to see if we can get this made into a lip balm!

~PerfectCyph3r~