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Tigershark

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Chapped Lips
Posted: 12-06-05 08:25am

How do lips get chapped?
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delancey

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Joined: 14 Jul 2005
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Posted: 12-06-05 13:26pm

Cold weather can cause it
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Tigershark

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Ok
Posted: 12-06-05 15:01pm

I understand that, but how, what actually happens, licking your lips does it as well, how?
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damefrank

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Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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Location: Washington

Posted: 12-06-05 18:22pm

Chapped lips, severa reasons for this. Moisture is within the skin. If you are not drinking enough non-diuretic liquids, then you are dehydrating. It's amazing how many millions of people are suffering maladies because they basically don't take in enough liquids. Ever had to pee into a bottle for 24 hours? I did, to test for heavy metals. I filled up a gallon jug in 24 hours. That's how I learned how much I need to drink (and that doesn't include sodas, beer, coffee which sucks your liquids from your body).

Lips get chapped when you sleep w/ your mouth open at night and when you have a cold. Your mouth is drying out too if you sleep w/ your mouth open (causes cavities too according to my dentist).

I lived in alaska...Just drank lots of fluids (wind dehydrates your skin) and kept lip protection on when I was outdoors in the winter.
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