Currently I have a peeling cycle of 4 days BUT during those 4 days my lips look normal. They really don't dry up and if anything only my top lip looks somewhat bad but not noticable. The main thing that bothers me is that slimy white line! I have to be removing it every so often. I think what got it to be in this good state is for me to accept this condition and have a positive mind set! I stopped obsesing about it and tryed to move on! I meet my wife during the time I got EC and till this date she hasen't noticed anything! I even told her about it and she just says Im crazy! Also something that I have noticed that I do differently is not put anything on my lips! I put nothing on it, the only time I put something on it is the night before the peel.