Hi there,

Like you guys, I've had chapped lips for almost over 11 years, ever since I was 13 year old. Since then, my upper lip starts peeling, at first it was around every 3 days, and eventually it was every day when I brush my teeth or just simply touch water, there's a white layer of skin building up. later on, both of my lips were affected, and they became extra thick and swelling. I've been to multiple dermatologists and they clearly had no idea what was going on.

About 2 weeks ago, I started to do some research on my own. I found that a korean group has pulbished that Evening primrose oil could protect lips from peeling after using vitaminA (don't remember the name, but some similar drug to treat acne). They also reasoned that because EPO has GLA, which lip skin cells could not syntheis and very important for water retention.

I did some further research on the dosage of EPO and found more literature saying that lower dosage (~1000mg per day) had no significant effect in treating some other skin diseases. So I started to take 9 capsules, 500mg each per day. I also had some digest problems and I think maybe my stomach could not absorb GLA, I found that topical application onto the belly could also help the body to absorb GLA into the blood, so I did this twice everyday.

Miracle happened!!! It's been 2 weeks and my lips are getting back to normal. No more drying mouth in the morning when I wake up and peeling has mostly stopped. I have a lot of faith that in 2 more weeks, I will be completely cured.

Hope this post helps those who are affected by this disease since being a patient myself understand the struggle that everyone has.