It’s Yearly Lip Shedding Time
I know, what an odd title for a post, but it’s the best I could think of for this sort of odd problem I’ve always had. Seems my lips like to completely shed their outer layer at least once a year, usually mid winter, as they are now. For years now I’ve experienced the same thing, and they always seem to resist even the heaviest of moisturizers to try to prevent the full on shedding from occurring.
The shedding usually lasts about a week or so, with several layers peeling off at a time. I can perform some damage control by every morning and night gently exfoliating them while they are wet, but even this seems to only lead to more peeling and shedding. I’ve found it’s best just to let it happen, exfoliate them twice a day, and try to apply my lip moisturizer and really focus on not licking my lips at all during the duration so as not to add to the problem.
Licking your lips and biting them is a habit that lots of us women have. Not only that, we frequently will press our lips together, and believe it or not, these actions all lead to further drying and the faster wearing off of our protective lip coating of our choice, namely some sort of lip balm or chapstick. My favorite lip protectant is still Burt’s Bees Honey flavored, as I find that any balms with mint in them tend to dry me out more, personally.
