Lip Care - All About Lips!!

Everyone would love to have a beautiful and healthy lip. In this chapter, we want to share with you on the different kinds of facts about lips that would help you to take care of your lips! Proper lip care routine results in soft, supple and full lips.

A mouth made the most important functions such as eating, breathing, speech communication, emotional expression, kissing and other vital functions. As of the lips, combined with the expression of the eyes and other features, you can judge the moral qualities of man and his physical and mental condition. Through even less visible lip movements, their tension or relaxation, of corners of the mouth, the man expresses joy or pain, peace or awe, anger or kindness, pain or tenderness.

Cracked/Chapped Lips

Cracked lips are a symptom in which the lips are dry, peeling or chapped. Breaks may appear on the surface, and the lips may become painful and may bleed. 

Causes:

Prevention!!!

  Simple lifestyle changes can prevent most instances of chapped lips. 

These include:

1. Applying sunscreen to lips during sunny/hot weather.
2. Applying lip balm or lipstick in dry or cold weather.
3. Drinking more fluids. To drink more fluids whenever you're thirsty, and to drink more fluids before, during, and after physical activity that makes you perspire.
4. Reducing or discontinuing medications that cause chapped lips. Always talk to your doctor before changing any medication regimen. 

Lip Treatment

• Treatment that can be used for cracked lips are application of either of the following: glossy lipstick, lip balm (unflavored), which can seal existing moisture and give additional hydration, ointment (Vitamin E) and also aloe vera. 
• Use of petroleum jelly may cause clogged pores and result of irritations so use a water-based product containing glycerin.
• Avoid too much use of skin treatments that are commercialized like cosmetics and lip balms that are too much flavored, and increase dietary amounts of vitamins.
• Try to use toothpaste (non fluoride content) for a while, some are allergic to fluoride toothpastes that both affect the lips and cause infections and mouth irritations.
• Do not rub your cracked lips with a toothbrush, nail file or anything.

When cracked lips needs medical attention:

• Cheilosis, also called cheilitis.  

Symptoms include painful inflammation and cracking on the corners of the mouth. Most common in people with diabetes, anemia, and immune deficiencies, this condition is caused by a yeast (Candida) infection, which may require treatment with a steroid, antifungal, or antibacterial medicine. 

• Actinic cheilitis, also called "farmer's lip" or "sailor's lip." 

Symptoms include persistent dryness and cracking — usually on the lower lip — often accompanied by signs of long-term sun damage on other areas of the skin such as actinic keratoses and severe wrinkling.

How to get rid of Lip Lines??

1.     Take a clean dry toothbrush and a small amount of Vaseline and brush over lips gently for a few seconds. This removes dry patches.

2.     Condition your lips with a good lip balm. Use one that has beeswax or glycerin and antioxidants like vitamins C and E in it. Make sure that it is moisturizing and is not made with any petroleum products which dry your lips out.

3.     Wear lipsticks that are moisturizing and made with organic and natural ingredients. Stay away from matte colors that are very drying to the lips.

4.     Treat the first signs of aging and lines with a good lip care product with
Retinol in it or a prescription for Rentin-A. Also products with L-Argenine, palmitate or hyaluronic acid all have the effect of plumping up lips.

5.     Keep your lips out of direct sunlight as your lips do not have a lot of melanin in them and are prone to sunburn. 

Products that can be used:

Retain Lip Colour

Here is what we can do at home to get rid of dark lips!

~ A mixture of lemon juice, milk, almond oil and sugar.

 Scrub this mixture gently on your lips daily and you will definitely see the difference. Since lemon juice is a natural bleaching agent, it will help you lighten the color of your lips and thereby you can get back the original color of your lips.

Milk and almond oil on the other hand will remove the uppermost layer of dead cells and also provide nourishment to your lips. After this scrubbing routine, you should always moisturize it with lip balm.

~ Rubbing of a slice of cucumber on your lips.

Regular massage regime for your lips. By adopting a regular massage regime for your lips, you increase the circulation of blood to your lips and eventually, reduce the darkening of your lips.

You can also use pomegranate, beetroot or coriander juice. All these things are easily available and can cause a great deal of lightening of your dark pigmented lips and skin in general. Besides that, you should eat fruits and vegetables to ensure that you lead a healthy lifestyle, which in turn, influences your general well-being as well as protects your lips from further pigmentation.