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Author: sdr
Date: 2004-08-28 12:13
For the first time since childhood, I've spent the entire summer plagued by chapped lips. Every practice sessions seems to worsen the problem. I have tried an assortment of lip balms, both mundane and exotic, without success in relieving the problem. I would love to hear your chapped lip prevention and/or treatment rituals.
Thanks.
-sdr
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Author: hans
Date: 2004-08-28 13:43
sdr,
I have read that it may be caused by vitamin deficiency, especially B vitamins. High doses are supposed to improve it.
Regards,
Hans
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Author: psychotic lil clarinet girl (don't as
Date: 2004-08-28 14:36
All last marching band season I had very very chapped lips... What I did is went and bought like 20 things of chap stick, and used them every second I could, except right before I played... and viola... My lips were no longer chapped... WOOHOO!
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Author: 3dogmom
Date: 2004-08-28 18:09
This is weird - but I knew someone once (a clarinet player also) who had the same problem. It turned out he was allergic to his toothpaste. He changed back to a normal, plain white toothpaste and his problems were magically gone. No special additives or gel-types could be tolerated. Might work.
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Author: David Peacham
Date: 2004-08-28 18:36
Hans wrote: I have read that it may be caused by vitamin deficiency, especially B vitamins.
My mother believed that when I was a kid with chapped lips in the 1960s. Force-fed me with all sorts of foul-tasting vitamin-supplement rubbish.
Don't believe a word of it. Use ordinary lip balm (not Vaseline) little and often. Wipe it off before you play or it'll clog your reeds. And don't lick your lips.
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If there are so many people on this board unwilling or unable to have a civil and balanced discussion about important issues, then I shan't bother to post here any more.
To the great relief of many of you, no doubt.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-08-28 19:37
I do believe that spending more time outdoors has a lot to do with it. My observation this summer is that the sun seems to be more "vicious" than usual. Drinking more water and soft drinks probably adds to the problem....and let's face it playing the clarinet isn't exactly easy on the lips.
Maybe you should look into a sunscreen for your lips.
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Author: slaybond
Date: 2004-08-28 21:48
Many are right here,vitamin b2, increase water intake,keep a protectant on if in the sun,and if you are like the quarterback that licks his fingers before a pass don't.The air drying the saliva out drys and chaps the skin.the best thing to do is once you've cleared it up put someting on to keep the skin moist to avoid the problem.Good luck Shane
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Author: claclaws
Date: 2004-08-29 12:14
Vit B is good for chapped lip prevention, but one of the side effects is the gain of appetite..(hate that!)
I have the blister problem all my life and aciclover balm is what I use.
Lucy Lee Jang
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Author: mags
Date: 2004-08-30 11:18
Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream is expensive....but a must have! It looks a bit like vaseline...but much better....
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Author: Karel
Date: 2004-08-30 12:36
sdr, which part of your lip gets "chapped"? If it is the central portion of your lower lip (in a single lip embouchure) then it may be that you are biting down on the reed too hard and damaging your lip. Just a thought....
Karel.
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-08-30 12:37
Based on training in a cosmetics company - in order to have smooth and beautiful skin anywhere on your body including lips, one needs to exfoliate before moisturizing.
Put into layman's terms: Clean your lips well at the same time as you wash your face or brush your teeth, gently "scrubbing" with a cloth to remove dead skin. When the skin is cleansed then apply water (to moisurize), then use a lotion or lip balm to trap the moisture in. If you apply lip balm to lips that have been moistened with your tongue, you're trapping in many things besides water and aren't doing yourself much of a favour. Eating and drinking leave residues that can dry out your lips, so they need to at least be rinsed off at the washroom sink before applying moisturizer. (If food allergies are involved that's another story.)
All that the expensive moisturizers do is to add moisture (H2O) and then add oils of some kind or other to trap the moisture in. You can do this very inexpensively by using whatever oils you choose, but by following the basic procedure outlined above.
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Author: BobD
Date: 2004-08-30 15:23
Gee, guess I better stop using cork grease.......
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Author: Brenda
Date: 2004-08-30 15:28
Hey, you know what, it actually works! Just don't apply it directly to your lips or later on your corks will get a fungus itch!
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Author: spikey1973
Date: 2023-05-28 18:45
I realise this is an old thread, I just bumped into it when looking into lip protection, But just thought I'd put in m 5 cents worth anyway.
As a kid I had chapped lips too. many solutions provided just as anyone here basically. None helped, specifically the Vit. B solution, at least not in this case, on the other hand it won't do much harm either (except to your wallet ofcourse).
Later on I found my solution this. and for me the problem has been solved.
Basic idea does follow what Brenda has posted here above.
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All that the expensive moisturizers do is to add moisture (H2O) and then add oils of some kind or other to trap the moisture in.
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With two adaptations...
1) there is enough moisture in you body already, so you don't need to add it, you just need to trap it in there.
2) you can't use just any oil to do so, it needs to be as close to our natural oils as possible. So vegetable oils won't work. Cause no matter how much we are vegetarian or even vegan, we still remain animals. Additionally most lipbalms add additives that actuall will dry out your lips afterwards.. so you keep useing them..
Personally, my solution has been, purol ONGUENT, a small can is lasting my well I expect my entire life really, as it does what it should, stops the chapping, so it stops you from needing to use it.
Oddly enough, when I bought La tromba slide and cork grease, the texture and smell reminded me strongly of it, not sure if this is a good or bad thing, so don't get me wrong. I am not suggesting using the one for the other.. just an observation.
Kind greats
Matthieu
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Author: super20dan
Date: 2023-05-29 01:46
aquaphor is the very best thing for lip issues for players. nothing better. i actually had lip problems so bad i had to quit playing for afew years. aquaphor saved me and i play regulary again
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2023-05-29 06:56
For me it's just a matter of keeping up (if your lips get noticeably dry it's already too late). Come Fall/Winter I just regularly apply Chapstick. The medicated version seems to work better. I've had colleagues recommend CarMex, but some have actually claimed they got a little addicted to it. That brand was too slippery for me anyway.
.............Paul Aviles
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