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[caribou]

does drinking a lot of water help against the dry lips?

[santacruz]

Most probably no. Drinking more than enough water will probably not make your lips less dry, use lip balm or something instead.

[foolish]

I am not sure about that - but I know the days I drink a lot of water (a lot as in 6-8 glasses) and I don't go through much of the side effects.

For example I had a lot of water yesterday I did not have any nose bleeds. But today I had very little becuase I was out the whole day and my nose was bleed 3 times!

[caribou]

I do put on blistex, but it's annoying to put it on every half hour and the lips stay sort of dry. oh well.

[mx123]

Drinking water probably does help a bit, but on it's own it's not enough. You need to get some chapstick or vaseline.

[Paks91]

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[ILoveMyPuppy]

i reccommend leaving them alone and not keep putting blistex, i like to exfloiate w/ a tooth brush and it works, bc the more u peck at ur mouth the worse it gets.

[KellyAnne1284]

i reccommend leaving them alone and not keep putting blistex, i like to exfloiate w/ a tooth brush and it works, bc the more u peck at ur mouth the worse it gets.

Wow. I don't think I've ever heard someone reccoment NOT using a balm of some sort on your lips while you're on accutane. If I didn't have something to apply every 1/2 hour or so, I'd kill someone. lol. Have you actually taken accutane before and you're still making this suggestion to not use a balm AND to exfoliate your lips instead? Ouch.

[ILoveMyPuppy]

Wow. I don't think I've ever heard someone reccoment NOT using a balm of some sort on your lips while you're on accutane. If I didn't have something to apply every 1/2 hour or so, I'd kill someone. lol. Have you actually taken accutane before and you're still making this suggestion to not use a balm AND to exfoliate your lips instead? Ouch.
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opps im sry i didnt realize it was an accutane post i jus saw it said dry lips and decided to reply, sorry on the advice, and no never used accutane, so i guess i couldnt say, but i would still try exfoliating and then apply vaseline, i dont recommend using lip products mainly bc of breakouts above the lip and that includes blistex and etc...

[KellyAnne1284]

Exfoliating is highly discourages while on accutane because of the sensitivity of the skin. I admit, I do lightly exfoliate my face from time to time...but the lips get so raw - I imagine if they were to be exfoliated, they'd split open. I don't think it's possible to survive without a lip balm of some sort while on accutane. Your lips would fall off - literally. lol

Plus - you reccomend using vaseline - because you don't like to use blistex or chap stick because they could make you break out...but...vaseline is petroleum jelly which really clogs your pores, so...hmmm....

And yeah - you're in an all accutane forum.

[ILoveMyPuppy]

ok well sorry i always jus look at "view new posts" so i tend to forget to notice what forum it is coming from, and vaseline is more of a sealant and doesnt sink into the skin, so when used on a dry patch, most people wont get breakouts if used properly. But i would have to say using around the hairline when getting ur hair dyed and the mix of hair oils does make u break out, but good at keeping haircolor from staining. And sorry again about posting in accutane.

[pumpkin_feet]

This deal with dry lips~ is it usually a permanent side effect?

[-=Greg=-]

This deal with dry lips~ is it usually a permanent side effect?

Unfortunately I have relatively dry lips still after finishing my course last March and I used lip balm several times a day every day. It's nowhere near as bad as during my course and may not effect every accutane user but it can be a little embarrasing when kissing someone and the like.

Water made my skin feel better for a few minutes but only blistex/vaseline seemed to have long lasting effects on them.