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i see you scrolling with those dry ass lips
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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I'm genuinely curious why so many people have dry lips. I have never in my life needed chapstick. I'll just assume it's some combination of the modern western lifestyle.
Licking your lips dries them out. Chapstick is typically flavored/scented which encourages you to lick your lips, counterintuitively drying them out more.
Chapstick is also an occlusive rather than a moisturizer so it just keeps the moisture in rather than returning moisture to dry lips.
petroleum jelly is the way to go. my lips never get dry anymore since switching to it when chapstick made everything worse like you say
That scares me - petroleum jelly is often packed full of carcinogens, even minor ingestion seems pretty bad.
Maybe there are good brands, but beee careful.
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Climate is a huge role. Colder places/winters will cause the air to be much much drier. I normally don't have any issues in my current climate but up north in winter it can get bad... To the point that I get cracks sometimes in them.
I live pretty far north, but maybe it just doesn't get that dry here