Hi Lily, Since I saw your post I have been attempting the soaks. I get fed up about day 10 when some parts are healing and others look the same. I am pretty OCD with it so if one side is peeling then I start again. Cannot stand the fact that it is uneven. I would prefer the whole lip to peel if only evenly hence why I keep starting again. Anyway, my issue is and has always been the sides of the top lip. They crack and then start to peel inwards and hang there until they fall off and start again. It is as if they dry up, split from the sides and thus start to curl. I do not see a way ...
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no this is incorrect for me. If I apply this ointment there is no ”dead skin”, the skin will simply be wet in the morning. It dries up to look like normal lips about 30 minutes after I wake up. For me the reason they crack is only partly from dryness. However it is mostly because of the need to move my mouth. If I smile no matter how moist the are they will form two cracks usually mirroring each other on the bottom and top lip. Why? because the lip is trying to heal as if it is a part of the skin that does not move. So it heals to that shape and I break the shape by moving the lips. ...
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I am currently on the treatment at day 8. I soak for about 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night, then I lather my lips in a lip balm that is not too sticky and is clear. The lip ointment is the only thing that has helped in 11 years (Himalaya Herbals Lip Balm) Lips look ok, however the peeling has begun at the sides. If I was not to speak then perhaps it would be cured a lot faster. The peeling and cracking is from the daily habits of having a mouth. I do not believe they are infected like previously when they would crust up. They still go white which is what I believe to b ...
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Glad to see the method is helping. I am going to start the japanese method with a process to also clean the lips with cotton buds at the same time. Just gave up my 6 week constant moisture method this morning - a large scab was hanging off for a few days but would not fall off. I had to keep sticking it back on, so I started again. I very much dislike when the scabs are barley holding on but are attached to other skin, so when they come off they destroy so much process. Anyhow, I very much prefer slight moisture and cleaning over complete moisture or nothing at all. Ill let you know ...
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thanks for the input Dave. Could you please send a link to the products. I mite try an antibiotic cream and a moisturiser.   [End]
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Hi there, congratulations. Continue the hard work! I am sure they are on there way to being normal. Did you experiencing any flaking or peeling, or has the same skin stayed on for a month?   [End]
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Aquaphor. Those trying this method. How do you put it on your lips? Mine is very thick and hard to spread, therefore I feel I wipe away progress when attempting to put it on. Any help would be appreciated.   [End]
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Also it’s strange how the leave alone method started to spread. Did that happen to you?   [End]
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I started raw. I mean the new skin growing back. How do I get that not to come off? Should I just smudge stuff over it? Seems counter intuitive.   [End]
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Hey Mate, I also started this method. All my progress fell off pretty much after an hour I put the aquaphor on. Way to get rid of 8 weeks! My issue is the skin is so damn soft that it dislodges it self. The lips feel and look great! It would be amazing if they could stay like this without the skin even attempting to grow back. I have been using an electric toothbrush. Has your skin grown back on any other parts? And how do you apply it? Cheers   [End]
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all progress fell off about an hour after putting it on. So I will start taking pictures everyday and post if its worked for me   [End]
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I am trying the aquaphor now.. Did it burn for you at all? And was the skin still yellow underneath?   [End]
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Hi Daniel, I have had peeling lips for almost 10 years. Mine is as bad as yours was at it worst, and I only knew they were this bad when I stumbled upon your site and decided to leave them alone. Prior to this I kept peeling them. I have a few questions: Do you think the complete leave alone method (no creams or ointments) had any effect on the healing what so ever? Did you see some progress and think it may have healed up if you left them without creams, even if it may have taken longer? During that stage, did the peeling cycle slow down? Did you apply the aquaphor over the sc ...
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I would argue that you cannot compare hair and nails to skin; they constantly grow and shed, and although skin sheds, it is not normal for it to peel on the lips.. stroking your hair, or cutting your nails is not going to change the course of how it functions, because the manner in which the hair and nails can be trimmed is normal - its inherent purpose. Picking at the lips, like picking at wound, is abnormal to the function of the skin, therefore if it is constantly done, than the skin is going to have an adverse reaction. Yes I have tried the aquaphor. It made more parts of my lips pe ...
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Healing9000, I appreciate that you have made an attempt to help others. However to blanket all EC as the same thing is ignorant to me. My personal theory is that, the reason for what looks like a scab, is because the skin trying to come back, yet after years of abuse, the course of its shape and healing has been dramatically changed. Similar to how water corrodes rock and changes its shape. That is what has happened with the lips. Therefore it looks the way it does because of the constant trauma. I take it to be offensive that such a simple method is a ”universal cure”, don ...
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Hey JSL, I looked back through your posts and saw you were on Imuran. Your lips looked really good whilst you were on it.. Are you still taking it? I am thinking of going to the derm to get a prescription. I was prescribed an anti inflammatory cream, for the reasons that my biopsy showed inflammation in the lip. I thought, ”well of course there is inflammation, you took a chunk out of my lip with a knife!”. ^^ to the OP. I do not think there is a size fits all. My lips are as bad as Daniel Millers, I have had this for 10 years. I had a white film over my lips, wiped it away, and ...
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let me know how it goes. I looked at the ingredients and it is no different from most other products out there, except that it has salicylic acid, therefore I would much rather someone else try before I spend more money   [End]
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how long did they take to completely heal from when you started using the cream?   [End]
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leave them alone. The body heals itself, sometimes it takes a long time. if you do not have an allergy to anything and have tried elimination diets, than waiting it out seems like the only way   [End]
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Has anyone recently tried a very strong manuka honey on there lips? I have found that the only time I have ever had skin growing underneath the scabs was when I used a combination of manuka honey and bactroban for 3 weeks (until my deem took off the top layers). There is also this brand of product called Medihoney: http://www.comvita.com.au/products/medihoney-antibacterial-wound-gel/F6011   [End]
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I recommend to everyone who is giving this a try to use a cotton ear bud to put the ointment on the lips to avoid as much contact with hands as possible. Also put enough that there is still visible cream on the lips. I have found if I do not do this (experiment last night) I wake up with my progress stuck from the top lip to the bottom. This may be also be due to aloe vera juice on my lips, so cannot guarantee. I am using the nappy rash ointment one   [End]
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Hey mate, I went out and bought the Bepanthen. My question is, did you got the normal cream, or the ointment? I got both.. the cream is really thick so it was hard to put over my scabs but I managed.   [End]
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Yeah.. I would love to see though how others stopped the flaking. I wake up with pieces missing at times, so it just starts all over again. The toothpaste I am using is: http://www.riddellscreekorganic.com.au I am from Australia. When I lived in the states they had similar ones over there at Wholefoods (not sure where you are from but they shouldn’t be hard to find).   [End]
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Have you tried using an organic toothpaste? I switched a number of years ago. I didn’t notice any difference, however I know they are considerably healthier as they contain no fluoride, SLS, sugar or preservatives. Some people have allergies to fluoride and SLS. I am sure you have already seen this info around though. I was using straws, but now I shot everything so that nothing touches my lips. I also use a bottle and pour my coffee in there to swig small amounts of liquid into my mouth. I have tried an ointment called Keracomb. Which is an anti bacterial, anti yeast, and anti candi ...
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To be honest, the constant moisture method makes my lips very prone to peeling off due to being so weak from constant lubrication. When they are dry, they don’t seem to peel as much. What I have also noticed is that when I am peeling my lips, because of how disgusting they look, they get very inflamed, and grow to about twice the size. What this means to me is that they are slowly healing and I destroy that process. I will add though that my EC also spreads when I completely leave them alone. Talking also becomes hard, and they seem to form splits everywhere from my movement of my mo ...
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I practice yoga and meditation everyday, it is one of the only things keeping me sane whilst I have this obsession. The funny thing is, my lips got worse when I tried to start healing them. All the creams that dermatologist gave me gave my lips flexibility yet always ended with them peeling. I will say though, if I didn’t eat, talk, or move my mouth whatsoever, I believe they would heal in no time. I agree and think if you have tried everything in terms of elimination diets and healthy living and still have EC, than it has to be trauma related, hence why it is a disease of the mind and ...
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Thanks for the inspiring words. I have also been a fellow sufferer and had this condition for almost 10 years. My problem is trauma related, and started when I took a swig of water before the cinemas and went to the bathroom. When I looked in the mirror I noticed my lips had turned white, so I wiped them with my sleeve and that was that. What I did not know was that it would start a vicious cycle, which if I knew back then that it would plague me, I would have left them alone to heal. I also became completely obsessed. I was at school at the time, so I didn’t want a white line constantl ...
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