Yeah that's what I was thinking, that the cocoa butter is just keeping the lips moist and allowing them to heal properly but why is it that cocoa butter seemed to work better for people as a moisturizer then all the other stuff? Maybe cocoa butter does in fact have some healing properties, who knows. Oh and i'm not referring to the Palmer's lip balm, i'm talking about the actual cocoa butter cream. It says its for dry skin and it has vitamin E in it so we'll see if anything happens but yeah Kunfuzed did sound a little confusing by saying some of that stuff lol but he also stated that he had been cured for a long time now and that his lips don't peel and he/she can lick them all the time so it does sound like he/she is fully cured.