Aloe
★★★★★
There are a number of different brands available on Amazon.
My chapped lips went away in 3 days.
Antibacterial Ointment
★★★★★
Azg's Natural Lip Balm
★★★★★
Years ago I used to work with a woman who looked my age...I was shocked to discover she had a daughter my age! She said her secret was putting petroleum jelly around her eyes every night. I researched it and discovered that, while in theory it would work, it was VERY toxic to the body to apply anything with Mineral Oils or Mineral Oil-derivatives in it. After some more research, I learned that beeswax is an even better "sealant" than Petroleum Jelly is - and it's all natural!
So I started using my lip balm around my eyes every single night instead of an eye cream. I cannot tell you...the fine lines have DISAPPEARED! My eye area is dewy and soft. I get carded on a regular basis and people don't believe that I am 30 years old.
If you don't have the patience to make your own lip balm, please buy one at the health food store. DO NOT USE ANYTHING WITH MINERAL OILS. Avoid ones with Peppermint Essential Oils as the vapours are irritating to the eye. Try to go unscented.
Even if you buy one of the fancy organic brand lipbalms at $6 or $7 for one stick, it will honestly last you at least 4 or 5 months...which is still way cheaper (and FAR more effective) than those $100 containers of fancy brand-name anti-aging eye creams that are loaded with toxic chemicals.
P.S. Did you know Propylene Glycol is an industrial anti-freeze and it's in 90% of all conventional face lotions/body lotions?!? Go grab your bottle of drug store/department store lotion and read the ingredients. Still think the sun causes skin cancer?!? Or maybe the chemicals in your skin care???
(Huntington Beach, Calf.)
12/02/2009
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE 10 PERCENT OIL IS IN HER LIP FORMULA- THANKS!
(Mukilteo, Wa)
01/09/2010
(Mission, Tx Us)
12/02/2010
Hi I tried sesame oil with bee wax for chapped lips and I found it better than any other oil and cream. I used it for my dry face skin and sun burn, it is perfect.
To make it add 2 TBS of wax for one cup of oil on low heat and melt it (don't boil just melt) then put it on glass jar and let it cool. U can test the consistency befor put it in jar by put a teaspoon of it in refrigerator for few minutes.
(Northern Indiana)
12/02/2012
Thanks for doing and sharing your research!
For anyone who wants this in tablespoons, you could just put 1 tablespoon of what's 10%, 4 tablespoons of what's 40%, and 5 tablespoons of what's 50%. You can double or triple it from there.
B2
★★★★★
A cracking on the corners of the mouth and watery eye or eye irritation are possible symptoms of a B2 deficiency from stress and other problems.
One superficial remedy that I have found to help with cracking lips, but not necessarily solve the true underlying cause, but a great band-aid, is the use of petroleum jelly (vaseline) applied to the mouth. Most of the newer products simply cannot beat this old and familiar product.
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
My daughter had small itchy reactions on her lips in the past to certain tomato based sauces, but never anything too nasty. This time I had made some rice with canned tomatoes and while eating her lips were itching and she grabbed the napkin and started vigorously rubbing her mouth. A few minutes later she came out of her bathroom crying and the left side of her bottom and top lips were pretty swollen. She has some learning disabilities so I have to be careful how I react sometimes, not to make her get too upset. So I gently said "oh no, what's going on with those lips?" and made a funny face which made her giggle - my husband quickly looked up some 'lip injections' on his phone and showed her the most hilarious pictures. In the meantime, I had her make funny faces back to me to check if her tongue had swelled or her neck. Those seemed OK. I quietly but internally panicked - so I got on EC and looked up home remedies. I found ACV for skin but thought that could make lip skin super itchy!! Second was coconut oil. I seem to have barrels of that here, so I grabbed some and applied it to her lips, had her lay back on the couch as all three of us looked at funny pics. I kept an eye on her and within minutes the lower lip was almost back to normal, the itchiness was gone and her top lip was going down too!! By bedtime, she was back to her beautiful self - minus the tomato induced lip injections! Thanks EC, another home run!! Xo
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
(Northern Indiana)
12/02/2012
★★★★★
Glycerine
★★★★★
It's usually a sign I'm slightly dehydrated. I found this out when I worked at a store where they had a blower-heater at the entrance - making the air very dry - combined with being busy and not having the time to drink during busy hours.
For dry, painful cracked lips, a 30 minute glycerine lip treatment will help. Simply put a thick layer of glycerine onto your lips, as thick as possible, and let it sit for at least 30 minutes. Leave it alone, don't smear it out or touch it. It's sticky and sweet, so make sure you have a straw at hand if you get thirsty...
After 30 minutes or longer, gently remove the glycerine with a soft tissue. In most cases, the lips will be perfectly soft again, and even the painful cracks will have healed.
I personally don't feel glycerine is something for every day use, but it works wonders when needed.
Grapefruit Seed Extract
★★★★★
I tried grapefruit seed extract once or twice a day recently and it works! It doesn't cover up the problem, it eradicates the dry lips completely. Just a tiny amount of the liquid applied all over your lips.
Hallelujah!
(Illinois)
02/05/2015
★☆☆☆☆
WARNING!
Do NOT put straight GSE on your lips. I read this review and figured I would give it a try. It was a huge mistake. It stung immediately, but I was hoping maybe that was just the GSE working its magic. It was actually the highly acidic GSE burning the layers of delicate skin on my lips until they were raw and red. My lips tasted like blood and stung, and the next two days have been even worse. Thanks to this "remedy" my lips are now crusty, peeling, sore, and unkissable.
I would not recommend using GSE for chapped lips, but if you do, make sure to dilute it first!
L-Lysine
★★★★★
(Kingman, Az)
08/07/2011
(Minneapolis, Mn Usa)
08/07/2011
Start off with 1000 mg of Lysine for the first few days. If there is no response to the Lysine, try Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin). 100 mg should work within 24 hrs. Use the capsules; you'll be able to adjust the dosage to exactly what you need to maintain your smooth lips once they clear up. And don't worry if your pee turns deep yellow or orange; that's just what Riboflavin does! If the Riboflavin works, it might be a good idea to take a good B Complex -- long term the B Vitamins work better together. 'Nuff said!
Lanolin
★★★★★
(Carlsbad, Ca)
12/28/2011
★★★★★
(Syracuse, Ny, Us)
01/15/2012
★★★★★
I just want to say that I just discovered this product today and I'm already in love with it! I read that the three things you want to use on your lips to heal them while allowing them to breathe.. Are lanolin, coconut oil and shea butter. I have been trapping my lips for years of being a lip balm addict, but now I'm looking to heal them. I tried coconut oil since I already had some but it's very liquidy and tends to wear off quickly. I bought pure lanolin at the grocery store today and it feels great on my lips, good texture, stays on long, and when it does wear off my lips don't feel as dry. I haven't tried the shea butter yet but for now lanolin definitely gets my vote!
(Illinois)
05/08/2015
★★★★★
Lanolin is the best! This was the only thing that cleared up my cracked lip problem and I still use it occasionally when my lips get chapped enough that Vaseline isn't doing the trick.
Lip Rash Remedies
(Asheville)
12/11/2022
★★★★★
Hi Jessica,
I have two suggestions.. The first is to try a vitamin D3 serum or capsules for a week and see if it improves. That simple remedy (10 drops a day, each drop was 1,000 iu) got rid of 30 year eczema type rash/redness around my nose in about three days, never to return.
The other suggestion is to try soaking a cotton ball with colloidal silver and holding it on the area a few times a day. I've just heard from someone locally who got rid of chronic eczema on her knee by applying a colloidal silver-soaked bandage at night.
Manuka Honey
★★★★★
Manuka Honey in Coconut Oil
★★★★★
My son, with Down Syndrome, has several chronic ailments resulting from poor nutrient absorbtion, because of having Hirschsprung's Disease and an ileostomy...such as, candida, fungal nails, cracks on heels and between toes, gingivitis, fatty liver, tendency toward dehydration and so on. He also had mono recently and may have insuline resistance. All he wants to eat is meat, which seems to be common with other people who have this disease. When I to try bribe him to eat organic vegetables or fruits, I noticed that these foods, as well as the expensive supplements I give him, are passed through his system undigested. He doesn't chew well either. Lately I bought a blender so he can have nutritious smoothies. I've also switched to liquid supplements when I can find them.
All of his life, he has had a fissure on his lower lip. It often cracks open and bleeds. He also has surgical scars on his abdomen which become sores because of a habit he has of adjusting the waistband of his pants. I've tried every angle, extra fluids, supplements, different lip balms, diet, tea tree oil. The tea tree oil tastes bad, so he wouldn't tolerate it, although it may have helped. I try to watch ph balance, but when he's at school, at the sitters or out and about, he gets a lot of junk food given to him by people who are trying to be kind. I puposely don't give him extra money, so he can't buy snacks. His teacher said she had to stop well meaning people from constantly bringing treats for her students. Recently on a school field trip,a waitress bought him soda...this happens so often, I feel i can't win when it comes to diet, but I do my best at home.
I read recently that active manuka honey from New Zealand is now being used in hospitals to treat chronic wounds and bed sores especially for people with diabetes. A culture isn't needed because the honey kills a wide variety of organisms including fungus and MRSA. It's also used to treat certain digestive problems. If you research it you'll be amazed. The honey is available in different strengths, with a number of ten or more, indicating activity level, recommended for wound healing. It is expensive, but we tied it. It seemed to help a little, but my son keeps licking it off as soon as it's applied. The recommmended method is to apply the honey to a sterile dressing and cover the wound; of course i can't do that on his lip. I finally thought of mixing the honey with a small amount of virgin coconut oil to make it stay on better, and rub it generously into the crack. We apply it several times a day. The crack is now fifty percent smaller after only a couple ofdays. We've never had even minor success with any other strategy.
We are so pleased with the results! We've been helped so much from the many posts here at earth clinic. For the first time, I feel I have some control with my son's issues, because of the success we've experienced with the rekmedies here. If one thing doesn't work, we study the various posts and tweek the treatment until something helps. We hope we can give back to the people from all over the world who share their remedies here, by sharing this information.
(Salina, KS)
02/19/2009
(Stanhope, NJ)
02/19/2009
That's an interesting comment, because the manuka honey comes from the tea tree plant.
(Florida)
10/21/2023
I just wanted to point out that the Manuka plant that is also called "Tea tree" is a not the same "Tea Tree" that Tea Tree oil is made from. That's Melaleuca alternifolia. "tea tree" is a fairly generic term that's been used a lot in history.
(Los Angeles, CA)
02/19/2009
★★★★★
Mentholatum Ointment
★★★★★
Mustard Oil
★★★★★
(Boston, Ma)
11/28/2012
★★★★★
Hi, I had some mustard oil in my house as my bf likes fish cooked in it. Both of us tried your remedy and found it miraculously effective. Since the morning I have used lip balm just once my my lips are still smooth. I will definitely keep using it all through winter. Thanks for the suggestion. :)
