What vitamins do I need for chapped lips?

There is a protection zone around human lips, which not only maintains the secretion of saliva and local moisture, but also relieves the strong wind and sand in autumn and the phenomenon of lip peeling. Nowadays, many people often lick their lips for a long time due to bad habits, bite their lips, and like to tear the skin on their lips, which will make the lips become thicker and thicker. When the weather is dry, the lips will crack due to lack of vitamins. At this time, you must pay more attention to lip care, supplement vitamins, and relieve chapped lips.

The red area around the human lips is called the "vermilion border". Its moisture is maintained by the local abundant capillaries and a small number of underdeveloped sebaceous glands. Due to the low humidity and strong winds in autumn, the blood circulation of human skin and mucous membranes is poor. If you eat less fresh vegetables, the body's intake of vitamin B2 and vitamin A will be insufficient, and the skin and mucous membranes will become dry and cracked.

Some people like to lick their lips with their tongue to moisten them. In fact, this is a bad habit, because licking the lips can only bring temporary moisture. When the moisture on the lips evaporates, it will take away more moisture from inside the lips, causing your lips to fall into a vicious cycle of "dry - lick - drier - lick again". As a result, the more you lick, the more painful it becomes, and the more cracked your lips become. What's more, saliva contains substances such as amylase. When the wind blows, the water evaporates, taking away the heat and making the temperature of the lips lower. The amylase then sticks to the lips, causing the deep connective tissue to contract and the lip mucosa to wrinkle, making the lips drier. In severe cases, it may cause infection, swelling and pain.

Don't panic if your lips are chapped. The first thing to do is to change the bad habit of licking your lips. Secondly, you should drink more water and eat more fresh vegetables, pears, water chestnuts and other foods that have the effect of promoting fluid production and nourishing yin. Of course, you can also take vitamin A or B at the same time, so that chapped lips can heal quickly.

1. Apply lipstick

2. Apply vitamin E before going to bed at night

3. Don’t lick the cracks with your tongue

4. Take more vitamins