So I come here for any advice I can get. I'll give some info on my condition;

-I had a lip picking habit due to anxiety for years before I got this condition and looking at photos it didn't effect my lips nearly at all

-I went got very sick with G1 Problems and went through 6 weeks of Antibiotics

-I remember getting Carmex around the time I was sick (I think this indicates EC STARTED with the GI disturbance) and (without having any knowledgde) completely overused it and probably worsened my problem, havn't used many things on my lips since June or so last year..

After stopping Carmex, lips got bigger and colour came back into them quite a bit, became more agile are fuller etc and it took them a few weeks to stop cracking every time i moved them, bleeding etc.

-Tried cocounut oil, doesn't seem to help, grape seed extract didn't seem to help either (Doctor said it wasn't candida related)

-I've recently been trying the leave alone method, not really seen progress so far, the skin just gets thicker and thicker and when I accidently hit one "scab" I took a bit of it off and the skin underneath looked kind of scar like, very shiny..

- It's the type of EC others have described, my bottom lip is mostly effected with a section around the bottom completely non effected, and a section above it that doesn't look effected but is slightly (This half-healed section has become waterproof after leaving my lips alone for a while)

-The top lip has the big bit in the middle that's the triangle people talk about (its more rounded, but it's the same thing) and then it's effected not all the way to the edge on both sides but close to it (smaller affected area)

Because my condition seems mechanic like (the areas effected) I'm convinced it's something going on inside causing the problem.

-I became very lactose and fructose intolerant around the time I was ill and have avoided it ever since I am all but certain I'm not gluten intolerant. I'm also not lacking in any nutrients. (was before I started taking some supplements, but these were not the cause of this condition) (I do remember as a child getting flaky lips for a week or so every 6 months or something, I can't really remember. I'm still baffled as to why because I thik it would just go away virtually overnight.

So I just put this together, I know it's scrambled, not in the best headspace right now. Any help is much appreciated, please ask questions I'll do my best to answer them. Lets hope we can all get better..