In winter, your skin is exposed to a particular challenge: cold and wind from outside, dry heating air from inside - all of this puts a huge strain on it. Your lips in particular, which are almost always exposed to the weather without protection, suffer from this. That's why you should pay a little more attention to them in winter. In this blog post, we explain what you can do about dry lips in winter and what you should look out for when choosing your lip care.
This is how the cold in winter affects your skin
The cold in autumn and winter causes the blood vessels in the skin to constrict in order to keep the body warm. This means that the skin receives less blood and less oxygen and nutrients. The result: the skin becomes drier, more brittle and loses elasticity.
In addition, the skin produces less sebum in the cold season, which leads to a loss of the natural fatty film that normally protects it from drying out. Since lips hardly have their own sebaceous glands, they become brittle and cracked particularly quickly.
Causes of dry, cracked lips in winter
- cold and cold wind
- Frequent temperature changes
- Dry heating air
What should I pay attention to when caring for my lips in winter?
Proper care is crucial to prevent your lips from drying out in winter. Make sure you use a lip balm that is rich in nourishing ingredients such as shea butter, cocoa butter or natural oils. These ingredients help to keep the moisture in your lips and at the same time protect them from external influences, like a kind of cold protection.
If possible, avoid products containing alcohol or menthol, as these ingredients can dry out the lips even more. It is also important to drink enough water to moisturize the lips from the inside.
Dry lips with neurodermatitis
In people with neurodermatitis, the skin barrier is weakened. The cold, frequent temperature changes and dry heating air contribute to the already weakened skin losing even more moisture, thereby increasing itching, rashes and further drying out of the skin. An intensive lip care product tailored to neurodermatitis with a high fat content , such as our med Balsam Mini , is therefore particularly important in winter and should become an integral part of your daily care routine.
