I have never had probs with my lips that bad, however I do know that you really should try to stay away from most over the counter chapsticks. They have an ingred. In them that makes your lips addicted to them. You should try bath and body works lip balm (i think theirs is better, but not pos) or try mary kay lip scrub and lip balm. Trust me they are great!

I have the same problem, although I never used a lip scrub (whatever that is). My lips peel on a daily basis in large chunks, and bleed quite often. It never gets better, and has been this way for years. I also have other skin conditions, although I doubt they are related.

If you find anything that helps, please let me know!

Daile

Have you guys asked a doctor or dermatologist? When I was on accutane for acne it gave me the same symptoms. My doctor gave me a great ointment that helped heal my lips. If I can find the name i'll let you know.. It's been awhile since I was on it.

Try a petrolium based ointment called bagbalm, either that or utter butter I used these products while I was on acutane for a year and they realy helped, sometimes putting lotion on your lips can help as well... It does sting a bit if they are realy chapped.. Hope it helps

I have the same problem, and have had it for a long time (5 years or more?) for the past year I have stopped using chapstick (which I was addicted to) and tried to let my lips heal. The way that they peel has changed since I stopped using chapstick (and stopped physicall peeling them when there were pieces of skin hanging :roll: ) it went from really thick skin (kinda like scabby) to thin skin. I bought a mirror and scissors to carry around and instead of peeling the lips I 'trim' the loose stuff. I am hoping the skin is just trying to grow back to normal. These are some things I was thinking it may have been caused by
-i usto bite my lips alot when younger
-i have a permanent retainer from braces
-nutrition problems
-i have a pretty acidic saliva I think (have had starts of ulcers)
-i also live in a dry climate (prairies)

went to a doctor once and it was try lipbalms like blistex....Useless!

I had the same problem and tried "lush" lipbalms which really helped. Go for the ones without cocoa butter in, like whipstick and lite lip.