Lips - chapped and dry

Here are some recommendations for preventing chapped lips:

• Avoid excessive sun exposure
• Avoid going out in dry, cold weather without putting on lip balm or lipstick
• Try to keep the air in your home humid
• Use a sunscreen on your lips when outside in sunny weather

Here are some recommendations for soothing chapped and sore lips:

• Drink additional fluids in winter months
• Treat chapped lips with beeswax and petrolatum (Vaseline)

See your health care provider if you have sores that won't heal on your lips.

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Chapped lips Prevention

Review Date: 10/28/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)