Klarinet Archive - Posting 000128.txt from 2002/07

From: Karona Poindexter <poindka@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lip problems
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:46:43 -0400

I know this is kind of unusual, but I used to use Palmer's Coco Butter
in stick form as a chapstick. Regular chapstick sometimes used to build
up too much on my lips. But the coco butter was really soothing to my
lips and since people normally use it for healing scratches - I felt it
had some healing effect on my lips.

Maybe not what you need but it's worth a try.

Karona Poindexter

On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 02:42 AM, Allan Thompson wrote:

> I have just had a quite demanding week, and have had to play rehearsals
> and
> concerts on clarinet, basset horn and classical clarinet. As usual
> when I
> have to change embouchures quite a bit, and especially in cold, dry
> weather,
> my lips have become very chapped and painful. I have tried the various
> lip-ices on the market, but the problem persists. Does anyone know of a
> 'miracle cure' for this problem, as I have a couple more busy weeks to
> follow, and playing is remarkably unpleasant at the moment. (I know one
> should 'suffer for one's art', but this is a bit much).
>
> Allan Thompson
> mailto:athompson@-----.za
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