1, licking lips can easily lead to chronic cheilitis.
Chronic cheilitis is mainly manifested as swelling, infiltration, hypertrophy, poor elasticity, chapped, dry, desquamation and pain of oral cavity and lip mucosa. The lower lip is the main part of the disease, but the upper lip will also be affected.
Li Zhimin, vice president and deputy chief physician of Quanzhou Dermatology and Prevention Hospital, said that chronic cheilitis is a chronic nonspecific inflammatory lesion of the lip, which is mostly caused by various long-term and persistent stimuli such as dryness and cold, especially related to bad habits such as lip licking and lip biting. When you lick your lips with your tongue, because the outside air is dry, the water brought by saliva will not only evaporate quickly, but also take away a little water from your lips, resulting in a vicious circle of "the more dry you lick, the more dry you lick, the more cracked you lick". If it is serious, it will even cause pigmentation on the skin at the corners of the mouth.
In winter, lips are easy to scab, which is also related to the bad habit of licking lips. Because saliva contains a variety of digestive enzymes, after the saliva on the lips evaporates, the protein of these macromolecules will remain on the lips, and together with the exfoliated cells on the lips, they will form scabs. Because the tissue under the scab skin is incomplete, if it is torn off forcibly, there will be more local exudate, thus forming more scab skin.
In addition, oral breathing (such as snoring habits), fungal infections (such as oral candidiasis caused by dentures), allergies and other factors can also cause or aggravate lip infections.
2. Bad habit of hurting your lips
(1) lick your lips
Many people make the mistake of licking their lips or wetting them with saliva when they are dry, thinking that they can temporarily moisturize their lips, but this habit is harmful to the skin around their lips. When licking your lips with your tongue is serious, it will cause inflammation of the lip angle or irritating dermatitis, which is caused by saliva. Licking your lips will not only not wet your lips, but will accelerate the evaporation of water from your lips and make your lips drier.
(2) Tear the dead skin of the lips by hand.
When the lips are severely chapped, the skin of the lips will become warped. Never tear it by hand at this time, which will easily tear your lips and cause pain and bleeding. Repeated stimulation of the lips will make the lips infected. You can use small scissors to reduce the dead skin on your lips, or you can stick to applying honey to your lips for a few days until the chapped lips improve.
(3) Apply lipstick every day
The shape of lips is second only to eyes in aesthetics. Lips themselves are not as beautiful as curves, but they are full of beautiful emotions. In women's bag, there is a lipstick, which is applied countless times a day. Wearing lipstick for a long time will affect your whole health. Lanolin and wax in lipstick have strong adsorption, which will adsorb suspended substances such as dust, bacteria and some heavy metal ions in the air on the oral mucosa. When women drink water and eat, they will bring harmful substances attached to their bodies into their mouths, which is harmful to their health. Women are advised to wipe off lipstick before eating. Long-term lipstick will make lips drier, so it is recommended that women who love beauty do not wear makeup for one or two days a week to rest their lips and skin.
(4) Use inferior lipstick
In winter, lipsticks sold by online stores in major shopping malls are also varied, with diverse functions, moisturizing and efficient protection. They taste like lemons, apples, strawberries and so on. But some packaging and printing are very rough. Don't be attracted by hype and discount promotion, or go to a regular counter to buy. Some inferior lipsticks, most of which are added with essence, pigment and other substances, are easy to cause allergies, so be careful to buy them. It is recommended to buy tasteless lipsticks. The surface of inferior lipstick is mostly irregular, and there is slight swelling and sweating when you look closely. If you don't distinguish carefully, the lipstick you buy will not only protect your lips, but will hurt them.
(5) Bite your lips
Biting your mouth and tearing dry skin will hurt your lips, and the dryness will become more and more serious!
(6) Duzui
Taking selfies or pouting when you lose your temper with your boyfriend will aggravate your lip lines.
(7) Don't remove makeup
Not using special makeup remover for lips or using too much force when removing makeup will aggravate lip lines.
3, the method of lip care
1. At night, you can gently move your lips with a dry toothbrush occasionally, or massage around your lips with your fingers, which can stimulate blood circulation, tighten the contour of your mouth and prevent muscle relaxation.
2. Hot steam is the best way to deal with peeling lips and toes. Apply it again with a steam towel to clean up small wrinkles and wrinkles.
3. Natural humectant-honey: Honey has excellent affinity with skin and is widely used as a natural beauty material. Its natural moisturizing ingredients protect lips poetically. If your lips feel dry, gently applying honey is also a good way to care for your lips.
4. Drink more water and eat more vitamins A, B and C, which can improve dull lips.
5. When removing makeup, choose special makeup remover for lips, and products that remove eye makeup can remove lip makeup at the same time.
6. Apply a moisturizing lip mask and use lip balm to gently massage and promote blood circulation.
7. When the lips are dry and peeling, you can use a lip repair cream with repair function as the base before lip makeup. Oily lip balm is moist, but it is easy to make your mouth red, so try to avoid it before applying lipstick.
8. The simplest and most economical way to prevent the lips from drying and peeling is to apply some vaseline, or stick a cotton pad wet with moisturizing emulsion or moisturizing liquid on the lips for 10 minutes, which is a convenient self-made lip film.
4. Common causes of chapped lips
Breathe through your mouth. Air flowing through the mouth will dehydrate the lips. Try lip balm or avoid breathing through your mouth.
Environmental factors. Especially in dry and cold winter, if the lips are exposed to strong winds for a long time without protection, it is easy to crack.
Allergy. Excessive intake of vitamin B 12 may lead to cobalt allergy and chapped lips. If you are allergic to nickel, don't let your lips touch metal products.
Lack of vitamins. Some vitamins are important for keeping lips healthy, including vitamins A, B, C, B2 and E, etc. If you take too much vitamin A every day, you will easily have the side effect of chapped lips. Besides, taking some medicine will dry your mouth.
Toothpaste. Many toothpastes contain sodium dodecyl sulfate, which can cause dry and itchy skin, so try to use this toothpaste as little as possible in winter.
Citrus fruits. The acidic components in citrus fruits can irritate lips, make them sensitive to sunlight, and lead to chapping.