Why is it that lip balm sometimes makes chapped lips more painful?

There are a few possible reasons I can think of.





Most of the lip balms on the market contain petroleum products, such as mineral oil, petroleum jelly and paraffin wax. These form a slick layer on your lips, making it 'feel' like they're moist. What it really does is prevents your lips from absorbing moisture from the air, and fools your skin into thinking it has adequate moisture, so your lips stop producing it. So it pretty much ends up making chapped lips even drier, which hurts.





Many lip balms also contain synthetic flavors and fragrances. These chemicals can cause some degree of pain in raw, cracked or tender lips.





Some contain antiseptic ingredients (natural or synthetic), which can also hurt, like when you put alcohol, iodine, or any other antiseptic into a cut. (ugh, the childhood traumas of iodine)





Perhaps you should switch to another brand. Look for one that is made with pure plant based oils (like olive, sweet almond, etc) botanical extracts and beeswax. These oils will absorb into your lips and actually help your lips to heal. Burt's Bees is easy to find http://global.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/s鈥?/a>


Health food stores usually carry a number of different brands of natural lip balms, some with natural fragrance %26amp; flavor, and some without.





I hope this helpsWhy is it that lip balm sometimes makes chapped lips more painful?
try using a different lipbalm. You may need to use a medicated some lipbalm is just wax