Why are my lips so dry for no reason?

Your chapped lips could be caused by something aside from dry weather. An allergic reaction, yeast infection, or something more serious can make your lips feel dry and uncomfortable. Actinic cheilitis is a precancerous condition that turns one or both lips dry and scaly.

Chapped lips can be treated at home by:

1. Staying hydrated.
2. Using lip balm or ointment as needed throughout the day.
3. Applying lip balm with sunscreen when outdoors.
4. Avoiding licking, picking or biting at your lips.
5. Keeping foreign objects away from your mouth (pens, jewelry, metal objects).
6. Using a humidifier.

Dry/chapped lips: Dryness in the body due to climate, dehydration, tension, anxiety, fear. Cracked or peeling lips: Heartache, worry, dryness in the body, feeling cold. Discoloration or faded colour in the lips: Lack of proper circulation throughout the body.

Yes, stress is a common cause of dry mouth. Since anxiety activates the stress response, and stress response stresses the body, both stress and anxiety can cause dry mouth symptoms.

With cold dry winds in the winter, and a general lack of humidity in the air, our skin can get really dry, especially our lips! In the summer months, our lips can also suffer due to sun exposure. Believe it or not, lips can burn and blister, and need just as much protection as the rest of our skin.

Dry lips can also be caused by dehydration or malnutrition. Dehydration causes symptoms including: lightheadedness. constipation.

Vitamin B-3 Without enough vitamin B-3 or niacin, a person may experience dry, cracked lips or tongue and a red, swollen mouth. A deficiency of this vitamin can also lead to dermatitis. People can get niacin in their diet by eating beef, pork, halibut, tuna, poultry, whole grains, dairy, and green leafy vegetables.

So If your lips remain persistently dry and scabbed, see your dermatologist, because it may be something more than just dry skin. In the meantime, always keep your lips protected with a nourishing lip balm that contains SPF, like the Perfect Pout Lip Balm.

A dry mouth is one of the many symptoms of anxiety. It may be caused by breathing through your mouth, medications, or GERD. It’s often accompanied by other symptoms of anxiety, such as a rapid pulse, sweating, difficulty concentrating, and feelings of restlessness or agitation.

B Vitamins Deficiency: specifically Vitamin B-12 (Riboflavin) can cause cracked lips that have difficulty healing. Angular cheilitis is a severe and very uncomfortable lip condition in which cracks and sores are present in the skin at the corners of the mouth when there is a B vitamin deficiency.