Cause of cracked lips

Contents

 1 Not drinking water

 2 Lip licking and peeling

 3 Take some medicine

 4 weather fluctuations

 5 natural remedies for chapped lips

Not drinking water

Dry lips are one of the main reasons for their cracks, and there are many reasons that lead to their dryness, including not drinking enough water. Drink enough water, and put their own moisturizers during the night to increase hydration.

Lip licking and peeling

 Some people may suffer from bad behaviors that harm the body, and one of these behaviors is licking the lips using the tongue, where a quantity of saliva is placed on them, and with the dryness of the saliva, it will lose its moisture, and thus will crack, so you must stop licking the lips completely, and also stop trying to remove The crusts that appear on them, as their peeling will increase the cracking, so instead, topical ointments should be applied to increase their hydration.

 Take some medicine

 There are some treatments that are used to treat dry lips, but they are not suitable, including: treatments that contain eucalyptus, camphor, and menthol, which lead to increased dryness. People who are allergic to vegetable oils and moisturizers, such as: beeswax, shea butter, castor seed, and soybean oil, look for other products that use petroleum jelly in their manufacture.

 weather fluctuations

 Because the lips do not contain sebaceous glands like other parts of the skin in the body, they are more prone to dryness and cracking, and the fluctuations of weather and weather factors lead to a lack of moisture in the lips, especially in the winter, in addition to constant exposure to sunlight during the summer, Which leads to increased cracking.

 Natural remedies for chapped lips

 Honey:

 Honey is a very useful natural moisturizer; Because it contains antibacterial properties, it can be used by placing it on the lips repeatedly several times a day, and a little glycerin can be added to honey, and applied to it before bed.

 Prevention creams:

 It is very important to protect the lips when going out in cold and dry weather, as it is recommended to apply creams to moisturize them, and creams to protect them from the sun's rays, and the mouth can be covered with a scarf.