Guest guest Posted July 3, 2000 Report Share Posted July 3, 2000 Hi there, Ive been on accutane twice, both times on pretty high dosages. All I can say is no matter how much blistex I was applying or how much water I was drinking my lips were still dry, cracked and bleeding... I guess there is not much you can do about your lips except for maybe lowering the dosage . Hang in there, SC. --- SUSAN66@... wrote: > I am on Accutane and have been for about four > months. My lips have been > chapped, but they were controllable with medicated > Blistex. Now the edge of > my mouth is peeling and cracking...anyone have any > good medications to help > heal my poor mouth? I am beginning to feel like > clown because the area > around my mouth is always red and irritated. I am > still using the Blistex on > the lip area, and now I am trying Neosporin....but > it hasn't helped yet. Any > suggestions would be much appreciated. BTW, I have > had good luck with the > Accutane (10mg twice a day), and I really don't want > to discontinue its use, > but I definitely need help with the peeling of the > rim of my mouth....doesn't > feel good or look good. :-( Thanks, > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. see > http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > > When replying, please delete all text at the end of > your email that isn't necessary for your message. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribeegroups > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 I would try Lansinoh (basically just lanolin, sold in baby section at the supermarket, as a nipple cream for nursing moms)..... or maybe just a little dab of coconut oil. There's no real taste to either one. Lansinoh would stay on better. I've used it for years.... in the wintertime when the skin around my fingernails tends to get dry and crack from having my hands in dishwater all the time. Patti chapped lips What do you all do for children with chapped lips? I'm sure I'm not the only one with a sweet babe at home obsessivly liking all around his mouth which in turn chapps the skin around the mouth more. It is another vicious cycle which draws attention and embarrasses our son. He has developed the habbit (looks like tick now) of stretching out his mouth to feel the skin crack. Certainly we can't convince him not to do it, behaviorally we can reinforce the heck out of him when he doesn't (boy, my tutors have a busy job!). What I would like to do is to help heal it. Any ideas? The ingredients in chapsticks scare me. Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 > > What do you all do for children with chapped lips? > > We have this problem too. I use " Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm " . Works > great. (beeswax, coconut oil, sunflower oil, vitamin E, lanolin, peppermint oil, comfrey root extract, rosemary extract) Kathy > > > For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book > _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following > websites: > http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info > and > http://www.pecanbread.com > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I use Lansinoh cream (basically lanolin..... sold as a nipple cream for nursing moms), because it's safe (even for infants) and stays on really well. Burt's Bees lip balm is nice, too.... but won't stay on as well through all the licking. Patti, mom to Katera chapped lips My son had chapped lips and picked the skin off. This led to more scabbing which he kept picking off. Now his upper and lower lips are raw and new skin doesn't have time to form because of his constant picking. Is there anything I can put on his lips, keeping in mind that he is licking his lips all the time? What is safe? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I use the Burt's Bees chap stick. It really works great. A lot of places around here carry it. If you can't find it locally. I'm sure you can find a place to order it online. Jody mom to -5 and -8 SCD 20 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I use a very mild chapstick that I get from the co-op in town but the real healing comes when he is asleep. Then I put on a bit of vitamin E oil for the night. Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04) > I use Lansinoh cream (basically lanolin..... sold as a nipple cream for nursing moms), because it's safe (even for infants) and stays on really well. Burt's Bees lip balm is nice, too.... but won't stay on as well through all the licking. > > Patti, mom to Katera > chapped lips > > > My son had chapped lips and picked the skin off. This > led to more scabbing which he kept picking off. Now > his upper and lower lips are raw and new skin doesn't > have time to form because of his constant picking. Is > there anything I can put on his lips, keeping in mind > that he is licking his lips all the time? What is > safe? Thanks. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Unless someone has information that it would be illegal, I'd use vitamin E oil, or . . . You could try olive oil, and because pure olive oil is probably not very tasty for the child, it might actually deter the licking. . . . maybe better yet . . . Don't know enough about cod liver oil to know if applying it topically would be a problem (someone else out there?), but surely the taste of that would deter licking!! And I would think the fatty acids would promote healing just like the vitamin E oil (tasteless) or the olive oil . . . Alice Mama to , Asperger's, SCD 6+ weeks _____ Is there anything I can put on his lips, keeping in mind that he is licking his lips all the time? What is safe? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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