Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-10-03 14:49
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Has anybody tried that ChopSaver balm, does it really help delay lip fatigue?
I don't see how it could. Muscle fatigue is caused by the buildup of lactic acid in the muscles, which is a waste by-product of the metabolism of muscles burning glucose for energy. There isn't any chemical way to remove that lactic acid outside of your bloodstream's natural process of elimination, as the biochemical factory that is your body breaks it down and removes it via the kidneys. If there were such a way to remove lactic acid, we'd have athletes like the Tour de France bicycle racers using it, and I've never heard of any such thing.
All Chop Saver is, is lip balm. It may not be petrochemical-based like Chapstick, and they can tout their special herbal/nutriceutical ingredients like ginger and white willow all they want, but it's still just lip balm.
Also, I note that on their website FAQ, they advertise that it "stays on your lips and won't gunk up your reeds". Since it's made of ordinary waxes, fats, and oils, I don't see how that could possibly be true. Your skin doesn't have a way to "lock in" a fat or oil you smear onto it. Even lip paint like stage makeup that's designed to stay on there for longer than average, will eventually come off, as your lips move and as your skin's natural oils and sloughing off of dead skin cells moves it off.
And indeed, two sentences later, it says, "And if you need to remove it, it wipes off easily." Uh huh. ![[right]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie8.gif) A lip balm cannot BOTH stay on your lips and not be wiped off by your reed, AND be capable of being wiped off easily. Either your reed will wipe it off easily, or it will stay put. Not both.
And they say, "you don’t have to constantly re-apply! One application lasts for hours! " Well, one application of Chapstick lasts for hours, too.
It's just lip balm. Chapstick is cheaper.
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