I chewed my lips through...

The_One_Who

Vaseline just puts a barrier on top of your lips, it doesn't really do anything to the lips themselves in terms of healing.

I like Nivea's 'Soothe & Protect' which comes in a turquoise tube. Carmex is good as well.

jenniewb

Thanks- some great ideas to try! Am on my way to boots now....wondering if any of these fit into the healthcare range so I can use the 10% off healthcare voucher I have. Will report back later.

pookiewn

Might be a little late, but second carmex too! The one in the little pot, its a god send in the winter as it heals dry hands too.

ali-t

I second the blistex one. It used to be called blisteeze and was designed for cold sores. It nips like hell if you lips are cut and have been bleeding but works quickly and isn't expensive.

jenniewb

ali-t wrote: »

I second the blistex one. It used to be called blisteeze and was designed for cold sores. It nips like hell if you lips are cut and have been bleeding but works quickly and isn't expensive.

Thanks- may need to build myself up to that one! I normally have quite a decent pain threshold (I ran for months and months with a stress fracture in my leg without realisning I should have stopped when I felt the pain...) but where my lips/mouth come in if it stings I'm instantly a wimp!:rotfl: Will wait for them to heal a bit first

jenhug

when my lips dry out I use a dry tooth brush to gently brush the dry skin away. it really helps when you put a moisturizer on after. I use either, vaseline, blisteze, cymex cream. I always keep these in the house.

Callie22

I'm slightly addicted to the vanilla softlips lip balm from Superdrug. I find it really soothes dry lips and it's not all 'slimy' the way vaseline is.

elfen

I always get this...and on my nose!

I end up lathering on Vaseline before going to bed and to be honest, I don't care if it works cos it soothes it and stops the air stinging

jenniewb

elfen wrote: »

I always get this...and on my nose!

I end up lathering on Vaseline before going to bed and to be honest, I don't care if it works cos it soothes it and stops the air stinging

See I tried that- I normally use vaseline for protecting my skin when I dye my hair and had the aloe vera type. I put it on my lips just because I couldn't so much as get my mouth round a glass without it feeling sore, (I shouldn't drink fizzy drinks but thats another story...) I found it just dried my lips out more! I know if I put it on my skin for anything longer then an hour I get spots so can't comment on the effects of leaving it on overnight on skin though.

I made it down to Boots to find...closed! It shut at 5pm, I got there at 5.05.... will try again tomorrow! In the mean time I'm getting better at stopping myself going for my lips which I think is helping and they've stopped bleeding I think as a result.

My mum mentioned salt water...:eek:thats the stuff of nightmares!! (Would probably work though).

mazza111

The_One_Who wrote: »

Vaseline just puts a barrier on top of your lips, it doesn't really do anything to the lips themselves in terms of healing.

I like Nivea's 'Soothe & Protect' which comes in a turquoise tube. Carmex is good as well.

That's why i said the one with aloe vera. Really good at conditioning the lips. And as a barrier for brushing the skin away.