I now have reason to believe EC is not only affecting my lips but also skin. I can't believe I didn't realise this earlier - all the signs were there. Skin (only on face) goes white when in contact with water, I can easily remove this skin that goes white, when I take that off the skin underneath is red. I can do this every couple of days. I used to think that this was just dirt accumulating or something else. This, for me, is now much deeper than dunking my lips/ apply a cream to my lips I think. Devastated