Skin Care Q & A: Is There Anything Out There to Heal My Dry, Chapped Lips?

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Are you one of those people with continually chapped, dry or split lips? If so, you’ll be happy to hear about a new breakthrough in skin care technology that may just put an end to your problems.

Why are lips such a problem? Facial skin is usually around 16 layers thick. Although that’s not the thickest skin on the body, it’s several times greater than the five layers on our lips.

To make matters worse, the lips don’t have sebaceous glands that deposit the natural oils found on the rest of the body, nor do they have sweat glands that excrete moisture. Really, it’s a wonder they survive at all!

There are numerous skin care products for the lips. Unfortunately, most of them contain chemicals and other substances that make the situation worse – which is why you see people carrying lip care products with them at all times and applying them several times a day. But the products aren’t handling the problem; they’re actually making it worse.

What lips need, maybe more than any other part of the body, is something that actually locks in moisture and keeps the lips from being damaged by drying chemicals - and that includes lipsticks and other products that are said to ‘moisturize.’ As with skin care products used on the face and body, these don’t really add moisture, they simply give the lips a slick surface that feels better. Underneath, the problem is getting worse.

Shielding lotion, a new breakthrough in skin care technology, has been found to be very effective on the lips as well as other parts of the body. A good shielding lotion bonds with the outer layer of the skin to form a new protective layer than locks in natural moisture and keeps out chemicals. Thousands of doctors now recommend it for a variety of skin conditions. Here’s what one user had to say:

“I have had a problem for months with my bottom lip being chapped and not healing. I tried just leaving it alone and drinking lots of water (because balms and such can make your lips worse), but it wouldn't heal. I applied the tiniest amount of your shielding lotion for a couple days and my lips healed up. It isn't that you are applying medicine to your skin, you are just protecting your skin so it can do the job it is supposed to of healing itself.”

If you’re looking for beautiful lips, give shielding lotion a try. It could be just the skin care treatment your lips need to make you feel beautiful the next time you pucker up!

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