Eating Chapstick?

How much water did you try when you tried to increase it? Did you try for more than one day?

My guess is water water water water. That is the main thing that keeps our bodies hydrated, and hydration helps reduce dry skin (including lips!)

I think I saw somewhere that once you are in a habit like that, it is like an addiction, but one your body (lips) makes you think you need. However, I believe the conclusion of the article said it really wasn't that big of a deal.

Basically, if you can push through and wean yourself, you'll find you don't need it as much, but you'll be fine if you don't want to do that.

I'd do Vasaline. You won't like the flavor, and it may curb frequent use.

I use MAC Lip Conditioner a few times a day. I live in Albuquerque (high desert) so I absolutely have to. I also have to use lotion every day I my kids need it too, even though we're all properly hydrated. No amount of water is going to keep the air from drying out my skin. One container of Lip Conditioner lasts about 3 months here, it used to last a little longer when I lived on the West Coast.

Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with going through 1 tube of Chapstick in three months. That's only 4 a year. That sounds normal to me.

OMG lol somebody else out there!!

I have a chap stick (I call it lip balm) in every room in my house, every bag I own and pretty much every coat/jacket pocket PLUS a little 'gift bag' of spares in my wardrobe. It started when I was about 12/13 after I had impetigo (rash around upper lip and really horrible chapped lips) I vowed never to let me lips get dry again so then I wouldnt lick them!

I probably apply it ever 2 hours now (before I was slightly insane), but always before I go outside and last thing at night/first thing in morning. I am now 27 and still buy lip balm every couple of months, hence the gift bag full of them. I have never found a 'cure' or an alternative.

Maybe try slightly more natural brands like vasaline & coco butter? Coco butter one is richer and stays on longer. Other than that I have no other advice hahhaha but you are not alone!! xxx

This is me! Well apart from the age, I'm 47, and it was eczema. I use a Body Shop Vitamin E lip balm, and a gloss called SexyMotherPucker!

Buyin' different kinds of Chapsticks is my obsession...I love Softlips, Nivea, Blistex - whatever kind is 'new' at the store. My other obsession is buyin' pens...more the merrier, especially if the outside is Purple...

I never really thought how much I go through a stick...I know my Husband groans at each time I bring a new one home :blushing:

I chapstick... *sigh*:blushing:

i totally relate. my mom was alwasy teasing me cause i would have upwards of 5-8 things fo chapstick/lipstuff in my purses at one time. and a year ago, i got invisalign braces (plastic tray braces) and found that they made my lips even drier. no amount of water i drink does anything. so, i stopped buying flavoured ones, and started buying all natural ones, you know, made with beeswax and oils instead of petroleum and other mineral based oils. i found 3 that work for me, they keep my lips moist longer than all those flavoured ones, they still smell nice, and since they work longer, i don't go through them as fast.
the three i have been using are
1-Chapstick All Natural
2-Blistex Natural Cooling Comfort (this has menthol in it)
3-Rocky Mountain Soap Company Green Apple Lip Butter

if you stay away from ones with peppermint/menthol as they can also make your lips drier, not to mention irritate dry lips (i know, the blistex one i listed has menthol, but i don't use it as often, and the other ingredients in it seem to countereffect the negatives of mintiness) and stick with ones with natural ingredients like shea butter, almond oil, cocoa butter, etc...you should find a difference. plus, those natural ingredients aren't nearly as bad for you as the stuff in those other chapsticks. you could also just try oil...really, like olive oil, or almond oil. it doesn't last as long of course, and for me, i also need that feeling of waxy smoothness chapstick gives me compared to oil, but it is very moisturizing and non-harmful. though idk how you would have to count calories for that :P

Rest assure it may not be that you are losing it. If you have drastically changed your diet to a low fat one your lips may really be dehydrated. I had the same problem when I first changed my diet. I was not eating chapstick but I was eating every other lip balm and lubricant available and it did not take me 3 months to get through them either. My hands and feet suffered as well. Finally I asked my dermitologist about it because it was driving me CRAZY! She told me that it was the lack of oils in my diet making my lips, feet and hands so dry. I added salmon and small amounts of olive oil to my diet (putting the olive oil on my lips so did not work and it tastes yucky!). Voila! I am now lip balm free! Maybe this will work for you as well. :ohwell:

I used to work at Sally's a LOOOONNNNGGG time ago. But they sell 100% cocoa butter sticks. You could totally switch to those.

I put vaseline on my lips every night before I go to bed. Do you wear lipstick? My lips very rarely dry out.

My husband is like this with lip balm, he applies it all day. If he doesnt then his lips look so red and sore, and he's constantly licking them. He takes in a lot of fluids throughout the day so he isnt dehydrated.