that's so strange, i have a stomach problem too... i have upset stomachs, gas, and lots of other stuff that i'd rather not describe lol. i heard that what happens in your stomach shows up on your lips. maybe if we can figure out how to heal our stomachs, then it will help the healing process of our lips? the only thing i'm not sure about is that i've always had stomach problems, so why would it all of a sudden now cause problems with my lips (my EC didn't come about from lip picking, it came from withdrawal from a lip balm- long story).