Lip Balm to stop horrendous dry lips, invading rest of face. What's the best?

[Pancakeflipper]

DS1 is sporty and this cold weather is making a mess of his lips. He has various balms and vaseline and puts them on regularly but we haven't found one to help prevent this.

It's getting him down as they look such a mess.

Best ones to prevent or to fix it?

[RavioliOnToast]

I've just bought the Norwegian formula one. It's very good.

[DulliDulli]

I have never had dry sore cracked lips since I gave up using products completely. All these mentioned up thread just made things better for a day or so. And then worse.

Try just giving up the products for a couple of weeks. I've had over 10yrs now with not a problem.

[Salene]

Vicks vapour rub before bed

It's amazing

[Cupcakemumma123]

Definitely The Carmel ones that come in a tube. X

[annielostit]

Nivea care & repair in a blue green tube, best ever.

[sandgrown]

The only one that works for me is original Lipsyl in the blue tube

[NotMoreFootball]

My DS has exactly the same problem (lip lickers dermatitis according to his pediatrician!) and Aquaphor is the only thing that seems to work.
He applies a thick coat morning and night with extra top ups before any outside sporting events. He still has very slight redness after a windy day but the Aquaphor is a huge improvement over Vaseline and all the lip balms we tried.

[TheExMotherInLaw]

I've been battling sore lips for a few months - eventually went to GP - I was having an allergic reaction to the lip salve! A month of hydrocortisone cream, and I'm back to normal

[ThruUlikeAshortcut]

Pink Germolene Its so hard to find these days - whenever I spot a tube I grab a few - that stuff is bloody marvellous for everything and would be great for dry lips.

Someone mentioned zinc supplements but can I suggest Vitamin B supplement too, or up his B intake (Marmite - yum nut not to everyone's taste) This is what finally cured me of dry lips.

[PurpleDaisies]

Yet another vote for carmex in the yellow tube with the red lid. Absolutely brilliant stuff for a bargain price.

[Limer]

Zinc is superb for healing broken/raw skin. Sudocrem is chock full of zinc. You must remember how good it is on nappy rash? It's fantastic for any dry skin or chapped lips.

[burnishedsilver]

For cracks at the side of the mouth my chemist recommended lrp cicaplast b5 baume. It worked a treat.

[madmomma]

Duh! Read thread before repeating what everyone else said!

[madmomma]

Lanisoh, but get some of those tiny clear pots and decant it so noone knows it's nipple cream. Lanisoh is the only thing that saves my lips in winter

[Warmworm]

Carmex during the day and metanium nappy rash cream at night. Metanium basically cures all skin issues!

[Pancakeflipper]

Pink germoline!! Not seen that for years. Does it still smell the same?


Bought some nipple cream as was in our little chemist. Going to do as you sensible folk suggest and decent into a little pot and not tell him what it is mainly used for but I know someone who swears it sorts out her blisters

[auldspinster]

I find Bepanthen works a treat.

[dontpokethebear]

I'm glad I'm not alone in using Lansinoh on my lips. It's the only thing that doesn't aggravate my weird itchy, sore lips thing.
Perhaps you could buy one of those little travel pots and decant some into there for him?

[NeverGoOutOfStyle]

Nuxe reve de miel really is the lip balm to die for, I love it, my mum loves it and my brother (19 now) uses it and we all love it, always one to be found in this house and like was said before, its matte so doesn't have that glossy look some balms have (also really nice under lipsticks)

[meep]

I used to get cracked lips with a red scaly rash under my bottom lip. Blistex was the only thing that soothed it. But the miracle cure.....changing my toothpaste. Turns out I'm allergic to SLS, which is in most toothpastes. Changed to Sensodyne ( the basic one) and I've never had a problem again.

[665TheNeighbourOfTheBeast]

Snowfire
Buy it on Amazon as its difficult to find in chemists
Check it reviews
It's not a cosmetic . it's cheap. It works.

[Tate15]

Lush ultra balm comes in a tin and doesn't look girly.

Works well too!

[CointreauVersial]

What FrustratedFrugal said - DD1 tried all of the above products, but her lips got worse and worse...turned out she is allergic to lanolin. Poor thing suffered for months before we figured it out.

If you ever need to avoid lanolin, Neutrogena and Nivea are excellent.

[gruffaloshmuffalo]

Carmex works for me.

Also, when it's really bad, I put hand cream on my lips last thing at night. Always works a treat

[petitdonkey]

I swear by Lanolips - it will cure horrible cracked lips overnight. (It's just pure lanolin so I guess the same as the nipple cream)

Boots and Waitrose stock it.