Well, first of all, the bottom half of my lower lip appears to be healed as it has the distinctive lines associated with normal lips. On the upper half of my bottom lip, there is a shinier portion that doesn't peel much at all, but it doesn't have the lines like the upper half. As far as my upper lip goes, the middle part still peels about once a week. The other parts of my upper lip don't peel, but I have fordyce spots like others on the forum have mentioned. I agree with you that my partial healing is due to leaving my lips alone for such a long period of time. I also think that the topical treatment helped a lot because it tinted the peeling portions of my lower lip so that they didn't look completely out of place.