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Chapped Lips Miracle

By Christina at Parenting on Thursday, November 19, 3:38 pm EST

My 10-year-old son has suffered from chapped lips since he was 6. Not just the chapped lips we all get once in a while: he looks like a clown from October to March. Once the dentist actually stopped working on his filling, stood up, and asked me: "What are you going to do about his lips? They're getting infected." Talk about embarrassing... after trying every lip balm around (and having to chase after him with the dreaded stick as soon as he saw it), I brought him to the doctor. His diagnosis: "lip licking." All I had to do was get him to stop. Okaaaay...I needed another solution.

I found it: Neosporin Overnight Renewal Therapy. It really did work overnight. And he doesn't mind putting it on -- it's light, creamy without being greasy, doesn't burn, and has no smell. It'll be the first Thanksgiving in years my mother-in-law doesn't walk in and announce: "What's wrong with his face? Don't you take care of him?"

They also have a daytime product that I think you're supposed to use with the nighttime one, but to be honest, the nighttime worked so well, I didn't even use the daytime one. Just wanted to share this find in case any of you are dealing with the same thing! It costs around five bucks and you can find it in most drugstores and supermarkets.


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Anonymous's picture
Anonymous
Nice. Thank you. I'll look
11/20/2009 at 7:33 pm
Nice. Thank you. I'll look for that next shopping trip!


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Alexis
I use the daytime one on my
11/23/2009 at 12:53 pm
I use the daytime one on my daughter. She is almost 3 and when her lips get chapped she likes to pull the skin! Makes it worse. She loves this though no taste no smell and she feels like she is wearing lip gloss like mommy. After 2-3 days there was a noticeable difference! I love it I bought some for myself! I think when we run out we will try the night time product!


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Melissa
My son is allergic to the
11/24/2009 at 12:58 pm
My son is allergic to the active ingrediant in neosporin. :( Wonder if there's something bacitracin-based.


Anonymous's picture
Anonymous
Thank you! My 11 year old
11/24/2009 at 1:24 pm
Thank you! My 11 year old son NEEDS to try this.


Anonymous's picture
Anonymous
Thank you, I use neosporin
11/24/2009 at 2:02 pm
Thank you, I use neosporin for cuts and it works wonders. I wonder why I have not seen the lip renewl in stores.


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