Ask Dr. Schultz
How can I solve my chapped lips?
Hi doctor, I have a serious problem with my lips being chapped. It’s an everyday thing, I use chapstick and lip glosses and even lip plumpers but they all are temporary solutions. They don’t solve the problem what can I do? Can it be that my body is not producing a certain hormone? A hormone imbalance?
Lip plumpers will actually make the problem worse. Your problem most likely isn’t a hormonal one. Instead, for persistently chapped lips one can use vaseline or even an antibiotic ointment like bacitracin alternating with (over the counter) 1% hydrocortisone ointment every couple of hours, and should stop licking (if you are) the lips as the saliva makes the problem much worse. If this doesn’t help in a week, then one should see a dermatologist.