Dry/Chapped Lips

I’ve been breastfeeding for 12 weeks and I cannot seem to heal these dry and chapped lips! I’ve tried blistex, aquaphor, Vaseline and nothing seems to work! I used to slap on some blistex for a week and they were healed and I am on about 10 weeks of this… SOS!!

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Following bc I’ve been experiencing this too😭 the skin around my lips have been peeling and it’s been so uncomfortable for months 😭 almost 15 wks pp

Maybe you need to tackle the dehydration from the inside and drink more water? I remember being soooo thirsty in the early days of breastfeeding!

Nuxe lip balm is expensive but very good. Otherwise lansinoh also does lippy from the same stuff as their nippy cream

It's quite common when breastfeeding, if they're seriously bad maybe contact a pharmacy

We need 3L of water a day when BF so up your water intake

Omg. No same. And I chug water and gateraid and have tried liquid IV. Nothing seems to helping. Following for advice 😥

Definitely increase your water intake & I used lanolin nipple cream as chapstick. Will never buy actual chapstick again because I swear that’s the only thing that truly helps.

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