Dry lips
Flanges are also one of the most sensitive organs of the body, so when exposed sometimes to some external factors, it leads to cracking and dryness, and usually appear problems of lips during the winter, where the air loses moisture, which leads to cracking lips.
Causes of dry lips
- Lack of body vitamins, especially vitamin B, C, and D.
- Eating too many salty and hot foods.
- Eat plenty of fruits rich in vitamin A that causes dry lips and irritation.
- Smoking.
- Use of some harmful toothpaste, containing sodium laurel sulfate.
- Use of some types of lipstick, which is made in the manufacture of propyl gels.
- Lip exposure to dry air, extreme heat or cold.
- Lip licking, which leads to the evaporation of saliva from the lips constantly to the loss of lips moisture.
- Lack of salivary secretions in the mouth, which reduces the moisturizing of the lips.
- Do not use moisturizers and creams necessary to moisten lips.
- Breathing through the mouth, which causes the air to pass continuously on the lips, causing it to get cold or some types of infections.
- Inflammation of the bowel, or acid reflex.
- Lack of drinking water and fluids.
- Exposure to harmful sunlight continuously for prolonged periods without protection.
Effects of dry lips
- The feeling of pain, and sometimes the ability to speak or eat.
- Sometimes headaches.
- The appearance of an annoying and painful crack on the sight of the lips.
Natural means to get rid of dry lips
- petroleum jelly: Vaseline is a simple amount of Vaseline more than once a day, where Vaseline is one of the most important moisturizers of lips given by the gloss and softness, and can also mix Vaseline with a little natural honey.
- Option: Cut the fruit of the cucumber into slices and placed on the lips, leaving it for fifteen minutes, and repeat this process twice during the day, where the cucumber juice in the explanations to lighten the color of lips and increase moisturizing and protection from cracking.
- Castor oil: Apply a light layer of castor oil on the lips before sleep, and leave it until morning, and then swab with a wet cotton with a little lukewarm water, and castor oil is very useful in getting rid of lip cracking because of its high density.
- Coconut Oil: Apply the lips with a layer of coconut oil before bedtime, coconut oil is rich in fatty acids that nourish the skin and increase lip gloss and moisturize.
- Flax seed oil: Apply lipstick with a layer of flax seed oil before bedtime and leave until morning. Flax seed oil helps nourish the skin and increase its softness, as it is rich in fatty acids and gives a quick product in the treatment of lip cracking.