wow cool buddy, my intention is not to fight with you.I m trying to say that stress along with psycological and internal factors causes our lips to dry .Unknowingly we peel the dry lips to make it look good.This causes the lips to dry again and subsequently peels off and ends up in a cycle. This is my point of view about EC. Either you may be right or me because no one knows exactly what causing this.Only time will tell us the answer, till that time we should go along with our life.Be cool and happy.