New Delhi:- Chapped and dark lips in winter are not only uncomfortable but can also affect your self-confidence. But with regular care and right habits, you can avoid this problem.
How to take care of chapped and blackened lips in winter
In winter, the effect of gradually increasing cold in the weather is quite visible not only on our skin but also on our lips. Actually, in this season, due to cold winds and lack of moisture in the environment, the problem of dryness in lips increases a lot in people. At the same time, lack of proper care and some other wrong habits increase the problems of lips even more. Due to which, many people may face the problem of not only dry lips but also the problem of the skin of the lips becoming excessively flaky, cracked and bleeding along with change in color or blackening of the lips. Which is not only painful but also affects the beauty of the face. Therefore, our skin and lips need extra care during the winter season.
Why do lip related problems increase in winter?
Dermatologist of Uttarakhand, Dr. Asha Saklani tells that the skin of the lips is very thin and sensitive. Not only this, our lips are more exposed to weather and elements present in the environment than the rest of the body. Although in general there can be many reasons for chapped lips like dehydration in the body, effect of any infection, staying under the influence of strong rays of the sun for a long time or side effect of any medicine etc., but especially in the winter season, every The problem of cracked and flaky lips becomes very common in older people.
What causes problems to increase?
In fact, when the humidity in the environment starts decreasing in winter, it affects our lips also and their skin starts becoming dry and flaky. Apart from this, people also start drinking less water in this season, due to which there may be water deficiency in the body, which can cause this problem to increase further. Not only this, many times people start licking dry lips again and again to maintain moisture or to avoid the discomfort caused by them, but saliva makes the skin of the lips more dry, due to this also people start licking them. This problem increases.
Stay away from excessive smoking or caffeine consumption
She says that many people start pulling the flaky upper skin of the lips, sometimes out of habit and sometimes to avoid discomfort, but doing so can cause damage to the skin of the lips, bleeding and also cause more pain. Can be made. Not only this, drying, cracking or flaking of the lips also affects their color and due to this, the color of the lips starts becoming dark or black in many people. Apart from this, there can be many reasons for change in color of lips or their darkening like. Staying in strong sunlight for a long time in winter, the harmful UV rays of the sun can make the lips dark and dry. Apart from this, the color of the skin of lips starts changing in people who smoke too much or consume too much caffeine.
She says that in this season it is very important to keep the lips hydrated and protect them from the harmful rays of the sun and take proper care of them. Because drying or cracking of the lips not only spoils their beauty, but sometimes due to this, the dryness of the skin of the lips increases so much that the victim starts feeling uncomfortable in opening the mouth and eating, and sometimes there is bleeding from them. Also starts coming.
What things and precautions can be adopted to get relief?
Dr. Asha Saklani tells that your lips need extra care especially in the winter season. Taking proper care and keeping a few things in mind can not only help in keeping the lips beautiful and soft but can also prevent many other problems. For this, incorporating some things in your regular routine can provide a lot of benefits, some of which are as follows…
Keep your lips constantly moisturized and for this use lip balm or petroleum jelly several times a day.
Give up the habit of licking lips, it makes the lips more dry.
Drink plenty of water because keeping the body hydrated also keeps the lips soft and supple.
Use sunscreen lip balm because protection from sun rays is important even in winter.
Use natural scrub on lips at regular intervals. For this, mix honey and sugar and rub it gently on the lips. It helps in removing dead skin.
Apply coconut oil, ghee or aloe vera gel on the lips before sleeping at night.
Eat a balanced diet which especially includes foods rich in Vitamin E and C. It helps in maintaining the moisture and color of the lips.
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