Chapped Lips Information and Treatment 

  Dry, cracked or sore lips, mainly in cold, windy, dry weather and less often in warm weather. The lips are more sensual to chapping than the skin. Alike the skin, the lips do not produce oils to protect them against drying. Most people get chapped lips from time to time. Dry, cracked or sore lips can interlope with many daily activities, such as smiling, kissing, eating and talking.

  Chapped lips are caused by heavy exposure to wind, sun or dry conditions in any season, but winter is specially troublesome. Chapped lips can have several reasons, including dry weather, overexposure to the sun, lip biting and sucking, riboflavin (vitamin B-2) insufficiencies and ill-fitting dentures. Chapped lips, differentiated by dry, rough, cracked, or reddened lips, are caused by a lack of moisture in the skin.

  To cure chapped lips, use a good chapstick, ideally one having beeswax, phenol, and a sunscreen. Dry chapped cracked lips home treatment is quite effective. Some steps to prevent chapped lips are to apply an unflavored lip balm with sunscreen whenever you go out, use a humidifier to moisturize the air in your home, helping to prevent both dry lips and skin, in few cases, ill-fitting dentures can also result lips to dry out, be hydrated by drinking lots of fluids, dehydration can encourage to chapped lips, and avoid excessive sun exposure.

  Put neem leaves extract on your lips. If chapping is seroius and self-care measures don't seem to help, call your doctor. Rarely, chronic chapped lips can show an underlying problem, such as dermatitis. OTC sunscreens may also be of value as they block the sun's ultraviolet rays from damaging the skin.