Do Lips Crack, Peel or Dry More Quickly with Lip Balm?
Many lip balm users find that their lips peel or start to feel dry as early as a half hour after lip balm use, forcing them to reapply repeatedly throughout the day. Rumors and conspiracy theories about “lip balm addiction” abound across the internet. Although there appears to be little evidence to support the idea that people really become “addicted” to certain lip balm brands, the grain of truth behind the myth is the ineffectiveness of lip balm and the ease with which it becomes second nature to apply and reapply it throughout the day. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; What’s in Lip Balm? Most commercial brands, including the so-called medicated lip balms, have a petroleum base. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white wax, paraffin wax, and mineral oil are all synonyms for petroleum or petroleum by-products, used to hold moisture against the skin – but these may be toxic. Add to that aluminum salts, pres
