DD's lips

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Can anyone recommend something that will heal my DD's lips? It doesn't help that she licks them too often, but we've tried all sorts of balms & creams and nothing seems to work. The mark above her lip just came up earlier when she was drinking out of a metal cooler bottle I don't know if it's the way she was drinking out of it that caused a sort of suction (that what she says caused it but it hasn't abated yet) or she's had a reaction to the metal. Her lips are constantly dry and cracked like this. She's 12.

I would get her some Vaseline and have her keep applying it regularly throughout the day. I'd also make sure she isn't dehydrated.

We've tried Vaseline it doesn't clear it. I have said to her about upping her water intake - hence the suction mark above her lip!

Looks like lip lick dermatitis. Very frequent vaseline does usually work.

bepanthen nappy rash cream, thick layer on over night

Thanks I will get her to try Vaseline again, and if that doesn't work I'll get bepanthen as that's one we've not tried.

Have you tried Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream, my lips get very dry, often before I get cold sores and this is very good at healing. Expensive but you only need a tiny amount

Lanisoh nipple cream.

2nd vote for lansinoh

Is she deficient in any b vitamins?

Blistex also good

Carmex tends to stay on well, the original one. I would recommend the laneige sleep lip mask though as it’s amazing, use night and day

Carmex is the only balm that works when my lips get that dry.

Blisteze or Blistex, same thing but it changed name and I can't remember the current name.

https://www.lookfantastic.com/brands/laneige/lip-masks.list

Try SLS free toothpaste as SLS can often cause dry lips

Oh and then Neutrogena lip balm.
I work outdoors and get wind chapped. This is the only one over the years that does the trick.

I’ve been using my night cream on outside edges which is helping me so much more than lip balms. Doesn’t taste nice though.

I recommend this too. It really helps when I get dry chapped lips.

OKeefes lip salve in an orange wind up tube has been great for my daughters lips

Carmex also the only one that works for me. My son used to get this and it would clear it completely in a couple of days.

Aquaphor or lansinoh

Vaseline alone is NOT moisturising. It’s an occlusive only so moisturiser should be worn underneath

Both my sons are allergic to the metal in water bottles. She may be sensitive to the material of the bottle.

We use La Roche Possay cicaplast to clear up any reaction.

2nd vote for Bepanthen nappy cream.

I have has what I think is cheilitis and this was the only thing that helped.

I used to get this. We called it wildfire. Very painful. The only thing that worked was Blistex.

Lanisoh nipple cream
or la roche posay do a lip balm
no to carmex - avoid it and anything with fragrance