Dry lips (crusting and disgusting). What's the answer?

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Has anyone got a miracle solution for cracked, dry lips, either temporary or permanent? This weather plus central heating makes mine look awful. I must have spent hundreds of pounds on various lip balms/ointments/creams over the years to no avail. I know about keeping hydrated but I still crack! TIA.

Is cortibalm called anything else? It doesn’t seem to come up on amazon?

Jurlique love balm is amazing

Best thing is Bepanthen!!!

Yes, the baby rash cream!

Apply it before going to bed and leave it on until the morning, you'll be amazed....

I heartily second the vote for Nuxe's 'Reve de Miel' lip balm. I had cracked and sore lips for decades, tried everything. This is the only thing that works for me. I'd avoid anything with petrochemicals in, though; they will not moisturise.

If you have actual sore skin & peeling, rather than just dryness, then it's worth speaking to a GP, because 'exfoliative cheilitis' is a thing, and it is miserable. You may need a short course of steroid cream to settle it down, so you can go back to using a balm.

Good luck!

8hour cream

I love Melvita Arnica.

Yes to Blistex Relief Cream in the metal tube. My lips used to always crack & bleed during winter but regularly using this cream has helped to prevent it. I've also discovered Eurcerin Aquaphor (Vaseline texture) which I've been using on my cracked and bleeding hands - it's been amazing. I'm going to also give it a go on my lips to see how it fares against Blistex.

runny honey and caster sugar, a teaspoon of each, works as a good lip scrub.

there's a good (and cheap) W7 lip-scrub, in a lipstick shaped tube: cheap, and effective.

also, try using a lip oil. there's a few on the market, but there's a decent Avon one, costs around £7. The oil seems to soak in better and be less irritating than normal lip balm.

I have really struggled and been through everything. Was recommended cortibalm which I have to buy through eBay and get shipped from the states and it has really made a difference. It has a small amount of hydrocortisone in it ( a mild steroid) which I know scares people but as someone with eczema and whose sone has severe eczema I have spoken to dermatologists who are adamant that a mild steroid if fine ( has to be used every day for 5 years straight to thin the skin).
I only use once a day for a few days when I feel my lips start to get chapped and they rarely get into as bad a state as they used to.
I use copious amounts of the eucerin lip treatment otherwise.

Lasinoh makes non nipple products I have a lip balm of theirs think I got it in Waitrose
It’s very good overnight then I use bliss from a pack I got in America then bought here it has a lip scrub in and a cleanser it was lovely I need to buy more. Might have a look at the nuxe product

Just seen someone posted up thread about it. It really does make a difference.

The O Keefes stuff is amazing. Tried pretty much every lip remedy going last year while I was pregnant and this was the only one that worked.

Their "working hands" hand cream is also amazing FYI.

Blistex intensive care is the only thing that works for me

@Thehagonthehill Vaseline actually drives lips out

Don't lick them. This dries mine out more than anything. And don't pick them. I use Vaseline a couple of times a day at this time of year as the central heating dries them out and it's fine as long as i dont lick!

Don’t laugh 😂 I used external thrush cream by mistake
Bloody Amazing cleared up my cracked lips overnight 😂
But I second nuxe lip balm as well

Another vote for O'Keefs. I was also going to say that you may have a secondary yeast infection if they are always cracked and sore. I had terrible sore weeping eczema around my mouth and I needed a course of canestan before tackling the eczema.

Are you allergic to lanolin? If not, try Lanolips.

Thanks everyone. Good ideas!

Vasoline doesn't dry lips,it is also good on your heels to keep the skin soft in summer.

How much water are you drinking daily? Dry lips are always the first sign of dehydration for me

Can I point out that Vaseline (the one in the tub with the blue flip top lid) is moisturising.

Vaseline in the little tins and other brands which are just petroleum jelly - those aren’t moisturising and just sit on the skin.

8 hour cream during the day then before you go to bed, really really thick Vaseline- go over the lip line so a bit like clown make up

I've recently discovered No 7 Protect & perfect lip cream which has really sorted my lips out! I'm constantly biting mine (nervous habit) and they get really sore and dry in this weather.

Dr Bronner's organic lip balms made with avocado oil and Nuxe Reve de miel.