Author: halfshellhero
Date: 2013-08-09 23:51
I've been playing clarinet for 5 years now and have never had this problem before. But in the past year or so, when I play for more than an hour-ish a day my bottom lip and right under my bottom lip (sometimes my embouchure slips after I've been playing a while) gets really irritated and cracked and peels a lot. I think this is due to friction from the reed, but chapstick, vaseline, etc. doesn't work (I think I've tried every lip product available) and in fact sometimes makes it worse. Exfoliation gets rid of the peeling skin temporarily, but at the cost of making me bleed, and the thick, cracked icky skin grows right back. The best I can do is use Aquaphor pretty much constantly, wiping it off right before I play. I'm pretty sure the vibration from the reed is rubbing my skin raw. Any ideas as to what I can do? This makes playing very uncomfortable. I can't just stop playing - I'm in an orchestra, my school's honors band, jazz band playing alto sax, and marching band. When it's all said and done I play appx 2-3 hours a day not counting personal practice at home. HELP!
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