The Skin Nerd: Top lip balms to calm dry lips in the cold weather

My top lip balms, plus why essential fatty acids are so important

Dermatillomania skin picking. Woman has bad habit to pick her lips. Harmful addiction based on anxiety stress and dry lips. Excoriation disorder. Sick cracked damaged tissue.

Dear Jennifer,

My lips are so dry that they hurt, and I know this will get worse as we go into even colder weather. Do you have any advice? I’ve used all the typical lip balms plus pricey ones in the hopes they’d help to no avail!! What am I doing wrong?