The chemicals from the blistex i was using, The many times i liked & picked my lips a day, & the destructive way i scrubbed by lips when it first began to peel were all factors that lead the top layer of my lip to disappear. Sorry but i refuse to say its my negative thoughts that make my lips look like is been cut in half revealing raw skin! Its not a disease, but its not all psychological. The lips has been traumatized for quit a while & needs time to regenerate & thinking negative may slow that down, & positive thinking is always good, but dont tell us we'll be healed overnight if we think we're healed. But thanks for giving us hope, its always needed.