Re: Lets be logical.

That's not me in the photo.  It's a stock picture from dermatlas for "atopic eczema" and "simple cheilitis".  We've just never had a good picture of anyone's lips being "white".  I've had the line along the dry/moist portion of my lips.  Usually happens if I've put too much lip balm on before bed & i wake up with it.

I did notice the evening primrose oil mention in that link.  It was the first thing I've found that kind of connected eczema to an increased skin sensitivity & susceptibility to viral/bactreial infections.  I just always assumed that if you didn't have an active patch of eczema then it wasn't an issue.  So it might not be a question of either/or...  It might be both. 

My lips looked like this.  It was worse, but this gives a good feel for the scales and the change in color/texture.