Hey Zaijin, I’d like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for finding the time to post and bringing this to my attention brother I can’t believe that after suffering with this condition for 6 years and trying every steroid, emollient and cream on the planet, seeing every type of doctor and dermatologist, all it took was GLYCERIN for my lips to make a full recovery. I’m genuinely in awe. I’ve been using glycerin for the past two weeks and without a word of an exaggeration they look better than at any point in the past 6 years. No peeling, no flakes, no white lines, nothing. Ski ...
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Very helpful post thank you bigboy1122   [End]
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Quick update for you guys Been struggling with EC for about 6 years and have been on this forum for most of that time. Crazy I know but after 6 years with this problem I hadn’t thought to change my toothpaste because how could my toothpaste ( a product majority of the world use and is good for you) be causing a problem on the outside of my lips amirite? But yeah it’s been a few weeks since I switched to Oranurse - It’s an sls free unflavoured toothpaste and the change has been insane. Inflammation has gone all the way down, my saliva which was mucous has become normal, the cracks on the ...
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Hey, Update on my situation, been about 5 years since I used to post on here regularly , In my final year of Uni and the last 5 years have been on and off hell. Tried every method under the sun, Considered lip reduction surgery ( didn’t go through with it but might If my current method doesn’t work). Long story short I’ve known for years that the reason for my EC (caused by picking) was due to a damaged lip epidermis. It’s as simple as that. The lips will not heal unless the skin is in it’s natural state (non inflamed, moisturised etc.) and there hasn’t been anything to offer that. I’ve st ...
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Hi guys, I used to post on here for a bit and i’ve told my story previously if you want to check it out. Since then there’s been slow progress but not really anything to call home about. My lips are still damaged and refusing to heal. I’ve eliminated everything from my diet, changed everything I applied to my lips but there was still something irritating my lips. The one common factor that I haven’t changed over the past two years (I’ve had EC for 3 that’s why I didn’t think it was causing it) are my braces. It’s kind of my last hope and I’m getting them removed tomorrow so I’ll see wha ...
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hahahahahahahaha relate to absolutely every single word of this. When you see people who look like they haven’t washed in years look at your lips in disgust it really humbles you. Like you’re on a level below them. It’s more than just a physical thing, its a social+psychological thing aswell it completely ruins your life   [End]
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Hi there daniel, I’m in the later stages of my healing process and would love any help you can offer. I have noticed that the buildup reduces as my lip skin grows back, I wanted to ask while you were healing did you notice the raw parts of your skin (if you had any) on the lip growing back? and second question what was your aim while using the steroid cream. Did it reduce buildup/inflammation, because I want to understand how necessary it was in your healing process. I’ve been using one for about six months and I want to cut down on it but I don’t want to impede my healing process. If you ...
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Bro, I’m in exactly the same position haha, lost all my friends, don’t feel comfortable around anyone anymore not even family, I mean how can you have a positive outlook in life when not a single person can speak to you without feeling uncomfortable around you, It sucks so bad. I’ve waited and hoped and tried and still nothing, my lips are still f***ed up. In the past year I’ve gone from one of the happiest sociable people ever to a depression, anxiety and isolation. Any other defect on my body I wouldn’t have minded. But whe the f***ing lips man. You can’t talk to anybody about it because ...
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The steroid I’m using is called Timodine   [End]
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It’s most probably an allergic reaction, I visited a dermatologist last week and it turned out a massive reason for my EC was lip eczema, and the steroid he prescribed me is helping massively, I’ve tried steroids before and they were no help but this one is working, so you need to have the right steroid prescribed. Bear in mind I’ve had this for 1 year and I’m only now finding out that my EC was cause by eczema.   [End]
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Constant moisture, saliva in large quantities definitely irritates my lips so I just lick when i need to This is definitely not something that’s going to COMPLETELY heal within weeks or even months, so I’m just being patient, keep it clean and moisturized.   [End]
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I want to ask, how many of you guys have a different texture of lip on the inside part of their top lips that is raw and very irritated, my lip skin has been slowly reforming over the past couple of months and wherever it has reformed peeling/ec has completely stopped but the inside of my top lip is being very stubborn, does/did anyone have this problem and did they find a solution   [End]
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Hi Cotton mouth, Have you seen an increase in Fordyce spots since you have started licking your lips or a decrease, because, I’ve only started getting them after I sarted licking them and i think they may be linked   [End]
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Don’t use silver gel or anything like that without seeing derm first bro, there’s alot of trolls on this site who give out false information, try to find whats best for your body, meanwhile always keep your lips moisturized and avoid peeling or traumatizing your lips, take zinc and some vitamins aswell   [End]
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Yes I haven’t had to take any dead skin off my lips for about a month and a half now, and yes that’s what I’ve been doing for the past 2 weeks. Yes aquaphor should be fine. I personally don’t use it because I’m allergic to some of the ingredients but If it causes your lips no irritation it should be fine   [End]
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Yes definitely, I would say my EC is closer to being healed than ever, but as I’ve mentioned it won’t COMPLETELY heal ( as in no raw skin whatsoever and no unusual dryness) unless you give it proper time. inflammation and crusts in my lips have been completely gone for a while now. But i think crusts might start to form again unless I’m completely healed so I don’t want to look too deep into that yet   [End]
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A lot of the negative effects that come along with saliva seem to involve dryness, I have not allowed my lips to become dry at any point so I haven’t come across any of those effects. So for me the benefits definitely outweigh any negatives, If you can find any article that says that saliva in itself is bad for your lips, not just its drying effects, then I would probably change my mind. Yes he’s definitely a spammer.   [End]
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You’re not the only one who’s incorporating Saliva into healing method Cottonmouth, Carokann may be a troll from what I’ve seen but he may have a point about saliva healing properties, plus I don’t believe this story about saliva digesting lips. Saliva has enzymes to digest sugars and starch, not skin, and if saliva could digest skin, 80% of the world would have EC. I think the negative side effects of saliva (drying) only happen if you don’t moisturize after putting saliva on your lips as it evaporates off. I think I’ve been licking my lips+using moisturizer for nearly 2 weeks now and m ...
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wtf. Stop taking the piss.   [End]
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I’ve seen alot of that on this site. People trying the constant moisture method then stopping after 2 or 3 months because they’re lips are not healed. Even doing constant moisture your lips will not heal for a long period of time but it’s much more effective at healing than without moisture. I’ve been doing constant moisture for nearly 5 months now and my lips are nearly completely healed. Personally I found that I was allergic to Aquaphor because of the Lanolin so If you’re in the same position I was Vaniply is a slightly expensive version of aquaphor without the lanolin, Vaseline doe ...
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I’ve been doing the moist healing for about 3 months now and I’ve seen a massive improvement, but I still knew there was something wrong with my lips because they weren’t healing fast enough, i realized the one difference between me and everyone with normal lips is that I have never licked my lips once Since i got EC because I was scared to, just used to use moisturizer when they got dry, So i tried licking with saliva + moisturizing them straight after and they feel great, much more moisturized than usual and it seemd to speed up healing aswell, been doing that for 3 days now, will keep e ...
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Hi there lunameth, I get the position you’re in because I was there a year ago and I know how shit it feels feeling like this is a situation that no one else has to deal with but you, but there are some of us out here that went through exactly the same things that you’re going though now so keep your head up and know that one day you’re going to look back on this and its going to feel like a bad dream and you’re going to be a stronger person because of it. From my experience when i was going through that particular stage first thing I had to do was get rid of the infection, its going t ...
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Your lips will not cure in 3 months doing moisture method, its going to take a lot longer than that, but its going to take a hell of a lot longer without moisture   [End]
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How much arganine were you given?   [End]
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Bro, what you’re doing is genuinely a waste of time and you’re prolonging you’re healing time for no reason, keep your lips clean because that is important to reduce chance of infection, but also keep moisturizing constantly, you’re lips NEED to be moisturized to heal, otherwise you’re going to be at the same place you are now in 6 months time, and that’s the hard truth   [End]
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Thanks man and definitely, tbh this would be my only worry as i do use moisturizer constantly but hopefully when it fully heals i’ll ween myself off it, but for the process it definitely is essential, thanks again   [End]
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Picking is the worst possible thing you can do, it will never heal if you pick, keep moisturizing and it will heal   [End]
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I tried vitamin b before for my lips, it didn’t work, this i’m taking specifically for the cracks at the corner of my mouth but if you think it helps go for it   [End]
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Yes i did until several months back, that was the last thing to go after my lip lines had reformed and the gunk on my actual lip stopped forming and the flexibility of my lips returned.   [End]
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Hi MTAB, no worries man, tbh on a forum like this its sensible to be skeptical otherwise we would have spent 1000’s on products and spent all of our time doing stool tests and liver flushes so I understand haha. Hopefully I’ll update again in a couple of weeks where i’m fully healed (fingers crossed), i can say though without a doubt that parts of my lip which had ec on earlier this year, when the actual lip skin healed has been completely free of it and has not not come back so I’m definitely on the right track, just waiting for the whole lip to heal before I claim i’m 100% cured   [End]
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Don’t really understand your second question, as for the 80% i haven’t picked my lips for a year now which obviously helps, but I only really started on this healing method late october, so 1 month and a bit, and i would say 60% of the improvement of my lips was done in that time, the arganine and glutamine supplements i only purchased last week, and they have made a MASSIVE difference.   [End]
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yes the tip is to keep your lips moisturized at all times so the scabs/crusts don’t form, but to also work on healing the damage done to your lips directly which makes ec go away faster   [End]
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Ok so here’s my story, read through it all as every part aided in my healing and hopefully you’ll learn something, this is for if your ec was caused by trauma to the lips, not if your ec is an internal problem, and before anybody asks Im not posting any before and after pictures for personal reasons so please don’t bug me for them. Your choice whether you take any of what I say on board, I’m happy to take criticism or any questions but the main reason Im doing this is because I’ve gone through what most of you have gone through on this forum, maybe worse than some, so i want to help if i c ...
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