How Have To Have Smooth Lips This Winter

Winter can be pretty rough and damaging to your lips. Find out how to protect your lips this winter.When you get ready for a cold winter day you grab your gloves and maybe a scarf but what about your lips? Your lips are the last things you cover up, if you do at all.

Your lips are very delicate and dry out ten times faster than the rest of your skin says dermatologist Melissa Piliang, MD.

Here are a few tips from Cleveland Clinic to keep your lips healthy and smooth:

1) Don't lick your lips! - It might seem like the natural thing to do when your lips are dry. Dr. Piliang says the enzymes in saliva are actually pretty irritating for your lips.

2) Use a ointment based lip balm - Ointments like petrolatum, essential oils or glycerin help lock in moisture.

3) Avoid lip balms containiing camphor, eucalyptus, and menthol - these substances dry out your lips and makes the problem worse.

4) Don't rub your lips while they are cracked/peeling - this creates more cracks and sores.

5) Treat cracks right away - they become worse and elevate to cold sores

6) At night, apply lip balm before you go to bed. - Some people sleep with their mouths open, making the mouth very dry.