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Baylor Medical Center
Are You Addicted to Lip Balms?
August 27th, 2007
Do you find yourself reaching for it morning, noon and night' Apply, apply and reapply all day long' Can’t go a day without it in hand' Dermatologists say many of us act as if we’re addicted to lip balm. So is that a bad thing' “For many people it is quite difficult for them to stop using lip balm because they’ve become used to their lips having more moisture content than they had in the past,” says Lisa Garner, M.D., dermatologist on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center at Garland. So just how do lip balms keep dryness at bay' “When you put a lip balm on your lips you actually block the loss of natural moisture into the...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-08-27)
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