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HEALTHY-HABIT CHECK.(how to care for chapped lips)(Brief Article)

Cosmopolitan

| March 01, 2001 | GOTTHARDT, MELISSA | COPYRIGHT 2001 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Q No amount of balm soothes my sore, chapped lips. Any ideas?

A Ironically, your lip balm itself could be behind your plagued pout: Flavoring and coloring agents in some balms can produce an allergic reaction that causes lips to inflame or peel, explains Walter B. Shelley, M.D., professor emeritus of dermatology at Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. If you can trace your problem to a new product, switch ...

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