Re: peeling lips

[Guest guest]

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> Have you ever had anyone have peeling lips as a candida symptom?

>

> The skin of the upper portion of my lower lip and middle part of

upper

> lip grows excess skin that needs to be peeled off to reveal sensitive

> new pink skin underneath. Its a cycle that happens every two days.

The

> medical term for this condition is exfoliative cheilitis.

> I have had continual peeling lips for 4 yrs-and tried every cream to

> help-nothing heals it.

>

> Now that I am on the candida diet I wonder if it can be healed?

Yes! Although I've had CFS for 15 years, I got a severely chapped lower

lip about 1 1/2 years ago after a period of extreme stress. Large

portions peeled off every 1 1/2 to 2 days. I tried Burts Bees lipbalm

(which is mostly beeswax and coconut oil), but it didn't make a

difference. This was pre-Bee's program.

After being on Bee's program for 2-3 months, I purchased a lip balm

from Dr. Mercola (also primarily coconut oil) and have been using that

daily. I've been on Bee's diet 6 months now and my chapping is 95%

healed! The other day, though, I had bizarre, severe abdominal pain

(for no reason I could figure out). I hoped it was a healing symptom

or die-off. The next day, my chapped lip was worse again, though,

nothing like it used to be. And the next day they were back to

their " improved " status.

If your experience is like mine, there's definitely hope. It's nice to

have a soft lower lip again.

[Guest guest]

Yes I'm another who had this problem. Almost every day before starting the diet

my lips would peel and also my top lip would be split every day. Both of these

symptoms went away on the diet, in fact they were the first things to go.

However if I do cheat even just with natural foods like fruit these symptoms

sometimes come back for a few days. I'm sure that will not always be the case.

I really do believe that any symptom that you have will go away if you are long

enough on the diet. After all the diet is not just about Candida but also

strengthening the immune system in general

Cheers,

Cara

[Guest guest]

Good to hear! Now I'm motivated to be more strict with the diet.

Thanks,

Chris

[Guest guest]

Wow! Thank heavens I'm not the only one with this problem. I thought

it was severe dehydration, but drinking more water didn't help. I've

tried everything...even straight vitamin E...but the bottom lip still

peels off every day like a lizard. Yeesh. Thanks for the hope, gang.

[Guest guest]

No, you are not alone. My bottom lip tightens and cracks and then I

have to peel it at least two or three times a day.

I always thought I was severely dehydrated, too. I've had this for

ages, and now that I know it's candida, I'm sure it will be a while

before it goes away.

>

> Wow! Thank heavens I'm not the only one with this problem. I thought

> it was severe dehydration, but drinking more water didn't help. I've

> tried everything...even straight vitamin E...but the bottom lip still

> peels off every day like a lizard. Yeesh. Thanks for the hope, gang.

>

[Guest guest]

andria,

 

My lips started off peeling last Oct and from there got worse!  I would wake up

looking like Angelina Jolie..lol  My friend would joke with me that people pay

money to have their lips that big. It's to bad that it was painful!

Treva Shay Spence

From: andra <nocalc@...>

Subject: [ ] peeling lips

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 2:20 PM

I too have been having sort of peeling lips now for months. I

attributed it to the dry air (winter here, central heating, etc),

plus I used to always get horribly chapped lips in the winter, from

my childhood. When I was young the bottom lip would usually 'crack'

in the middle, and bleed, which was very painful and made it hard to

talk and eat, never mind smile. I never thought this could be

candida related.

andra

> Carmen,

>  

> How are your lips being affected? 

> I went through a episode where my lips peeled, swelled and had

white patches on the corners. The peeling and swelling have went away

but the white little bumps haven't. The doctor said it was excemia.

>

>

> Treva Shay Spence

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I too have been having sort of peeling lips now for months. I

> > attributed it to the dry air (winter here, central heating, etc),

> > plus I used to always get horribly chapped lips in the winter, from

> > my childhood. When I was young the bottom lip would usually 'crack'

> > in the middle, and bleed, which was very painful and made it hard to

> > talk and eat, never mind smile. I never thought this could be

> > candida related.

> >

> > andra

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