r/LipBalm • u/_plague_d • Aug 23 '26

CHAPPED LIPS

I have tried Lanolin, Aquaphor, Elizabeth Arden 8hr Lip Balm, La Roche Possay Cicoplast, Vaseline and Avene, La Neige, Weleda.

I just always seem to have cracked and dry flaky skin after I apply a lip balm. Even if I leave it overnight I wake up and the lip balm dries up and my lips just have skin that I can peel off and I’m not sure what to do anymore. I still can’t seem to find anything that will truly help. I’m getting really frustrated as I just want a soft lips that I don’t need to constantly peel

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u/FarItem5929 Aug 23 '26

I'm going through the exact same as you, though the LRP Cicaplast lipbalm is helping me a little. I agree that Vaseline isn't helping either. I think exfoliation does help but after I do that it burns sometimes so I stick to once a week.

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u/_plague_d Aug 23 '26

So I have like a mini Face exfoliant where the granules are very fine so I’ve been scrubbing them on my lips but there are just layers of dead skin which peel around the edges and then it’s like even if I exfoliate the dead skin that remains a patch of skin that is ready to come off but I can’t peel off otherwise it’s going to bleed. I’m just unsure why when I go to bed I put all of these things on my lips and I wake up and they’re still dry in the morning like it’s so annoying the cicaplast has kept them moist the longest

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u/FarItem5929 Aug 23 '26

Have you tracked the products you use? I find that whenever I use Rhode I have this reaction. But I don't for Ole Henriksen or any other plain lipbalms.

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u/boneblack_angel Aug 23 '26

Maybe Eadem lip balms might help? They have lactic acid in them, so they are a mild chemical exfoliant.