Page 33 - Prevention (February 2020)

ments. If your lips
are cracked or
flaking, “dab on
a hydrocortisone
ointment in the
morning and
at bedtime,”
says Julie
Harper, M.D., a
clinical associate
professor of
dermatology at
the University
of Alabama at
Birmingham.
“It’ll heal the
“This mixture adds just enough skin much faster than a lip balm.
moisture to hair to prevent static.” Just don’t use it for more than two
weeks; if your lips aren’t better by
GET HELP FOR then, visit a dermatologist.”
CHAPPED LIPS PREVENTION PICK:
Because of their thin skin, your lips Burt’s Bees Lip Butter, $4, drugstores
are one of the first spots to be affected
by harsh weather, so when outdoors, TRY AN EXFOLIATING
layer on a thick coat of a beeswax- FACE CREAM
based balm, which hydrates while In the winter, when your skin is drier,
forming a barrier against the ele- more dead cells can build up on the