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#1 The Immortalist

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 07:29 PM


For some reason dead skin keeps caking on the top layer of my lips. Why does this happen? Is this normal? If not then why does this happen to me? After a week if I don't do anything the dead skin just keeps building up and it looks gross.
I always have to use my tongue to gently rub off all the dead shit on my lips but then the next day more gross shit is on my lips that I have to rub off.
I have tried all sorts of lip moisturizers and I have tried using hydrocortisone.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 06:57 PM

I would guess that your lips are very sensitive to the sun. I suffer from the same problem, I think it was caused by spending countless hours under the sun as a child, but my condition has improved drastically by using tretinoin .025% on my lips every other day and making sure I always have my lips protected again'st the sun.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 07:53 PM

As soon as I have extra skin on my lips I pull it off with my teeth. I think this is normal for everyone. Just leaving it would make a layer I guess, although I couldn´t bare leaving it. I bite it off instinctually.

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Posted 06 September 2012 - 11:07 PM

For some reason dead skin keeps caking on the top layer of my lips. Why does this happen? Is this normal? If not then why does this happen to me? After a week if I don't do anything the dead skin just keeps building up and it looks gross.
I always have to use my tongue to gently rub off all the dead shit on my lips but then the next day more gross shit is on my lips that I have to rub off.
I have tried all sorts of lip moisturizers and I have tried using hydrocortisone.



I suffer with this too, and as a woman who often wears lipstick, the pigment of the lipstick sticks to the dead skin, and leaves bits of brightly coloured gunk all over my lips, long after the rest of my lipstick has faded. Not pretty!

The way i have dealt with this for a while is exfoliatng my lips each morning. You can buy lip exfoliating products, which are usually excessively priced for what they are. So i make my own by mixing sugar with a carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil, and buffing my lips with this. You can also use a soft toothbrush, such as a baby's toothbrush, along with a little oil, vaseline, or the like. Or gently use a microfibre cloth or towel, followed by a layer of emu oil, topped with Vaseline to seal in the moisture (or your regular lip moisturizer - however, i find emu oil topped with vaseline more effective).

I have actually just ordered a bottle of low molecular weight Hyaluronic Acid capsules, for oral supplementation, for anti-aging/skin plumping purposes, and whilst researching i came accross a great deal of anecdotes regards its affectiveness for plumping and moisturizing the lips. In fact, several members of another forum reported their lips feeling extremely soft & hydrated, as though they had a layer of lipbalm on, whilst using oral HA. I cannot vouch for this myself, as my 1st bottle has yet to arrive, and ive read conflicting information regards whether oral supplementation of HA is trully beneficial, or if it is broken down in the stomach without crossing the membrane, but i believe the low molecular weight HA has a higher likelihood of being successfully absorbed.
As im sure you can tell, i have little to no scientific knowledge, but there is a huge thread at EssentialDaySpa.com with much anecdotal evidence to suggest the low molecular weight HA does have a beneficial affect on lip and skin plumping/moisturisation/hydration.

Edited by MsMetamorphose, 06 September 2012 - 11:09 PM.


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Posted 07 September 2012 - 12:23 PM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.

#6 The Immortalist

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Posted 08 September 2012 - 05:59 PM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 12:31 AM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

Oral candidiasis.
http://www.tandurust...d-remedies.html

Edit: phone typing

Edited by MrHappy, 09 September 2012 - 12:32 AM.


#8 The Immortalist

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 01:11 AM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

Oral candidiasis.
http://www.tandurust...d-remedies.html

Edit: phone typing


Oh god no thankfully it's nothing that extreme

#9 MrHappy

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 02:41 AM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

Oral candidiasis.
http://www.tandurust...d-remedies.html

Edit: phone typing


Oh god no thankfully it's nothing that extreme


It's not extreme - really quite common. :)

Early stage can present as dry / flakey / cracked lips and also sometimes white, cotton-like film on the tongue and mouth.

I always find it ironic that most people keep putting lip-balm on a fungal infection, rather than evicting the fungus. I'm surprised that toe-balm doesn't become popular for athlete's foot, given the same logic . :)

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#10 The Immortalist

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 12:13 AM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

Oral candidiasis.
http://www.tandurust...d-remedies.html

Edit: phone typing


Oh god no thankfully it's nothing that extreme


It's not extreme - really quite common. :)

Early stage can present as dry / flakey / cracked lips and also sometimes white, cotton-like film on the tongue and mouth.

I always find it ironic that most people keep putting lip-balm on a fungal infection, rather than evicting the fungus. I'm surprised that toe-balm doesn't become popular for athlete's foot, given the same logic . :)

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Oh I see. I looked on google images and I saw these really gross pictures of it. So you are saying I could possibly have a mild form of a yeast infection in my mouth? Well now that I look there is actually some whitish stuff at the back of my tongue. There is no sores in my mouth from what I can tell. How can I tell if it is thrush or not? What can I do to get rid of this if it is?

Edited by The Immortalist, 11 September 2012 - 12:23 AM.


#11 MrHappy

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 07:50 AM

Fungal infection? Quite common, I believe.


What fungal infection did you have in mind?

Oral candidiasis.
http://www.tandurust...d-remedies.html

Edit: phone typing


Oh god no thankfully it's nothing that extreme


It's not extreme - really quite common. :)

Early stage can present as dry / flakey / cracked lips and also sometimes white, cotton-like film on the tongue and mouth.

I always find it ironic that most people keep putting lip-balm on a fungal infection, rather than evicting the fungus. I'm surprised that toe-balm doesn't become popular for athlete's foot, given the same logic . :)

Marketing..


Oh I see. I looked on google images and I saw these really gross pictures of it. So you are saying I could possibly have a mild form of a yeast infection in my mouth? Well now that I look there is actually some whitish stuff at the back of my tongue. There is no sores in my mouth from what I can tell. How can I tell if it is thrush or not? What can I do to get rid of this if it is?


Diet will help quite a lot - it feeds on sugar and carbs - bread, alcohol, etc., so you can starve it.

Of course, there are various prescription meds available.

Apart from that, there are quite a few people swearing by apple cider vinegar as a folk remedy, both topically and orally. Google: apple cider vinegar candida.



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Posted 13 September 2012 - 11:17 PM

My oral Hyaluronic Acid arrived today, so i should be able to tell you whether it's had any short-term positive effect on the dryness/flakiness of my lips, as per the essentialdayspa.com anecdotes, soon. x

Edited by MsMetamorphose, 13 September 2012 - 11:19 PM.


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Posted 05 March 2021 - 12:01 PM

If you need to constantly brush your tongue to get away the green or white stuff (should be all pink/red like), or scrub your skin to get rid of built up dead cells, it means theres something wrong with your metabolism/immune system, your body should naturally take care of that. And instead of trying to treat the symptoms treat the cause. Also including teeth, if they become brown/black it means your eating unhealthy food. etc and so on body odour /Sweat 


Edited by kurdishfella, 05 March 2021 - 12:02 PM.






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