@145365, i've been balm free for over half a year now
leaving them alone however, just doesn't work
the pieces of skin don't detatch themselves from my lips, they just get thicker and thicker and it seems, the longer they stay on, the harder it gets to peel them off, not even their edges peel
that's why it's best for me to manually peel them after 3 days
the longest i have left them on was 2 weeks and it looked i would be happy if they would flake or at least detatch bit by bit after a while, but unfortunately they don't do that
my theory... i don't know if it's legit. in fact i don't know anything :D just some sloppy guesswork there ^^