Lip Bite - Treatment, Remedies

A lip bite could be caused under a variety of circumstances, and each cause would likely have a different bearing on the outcome. Some possible causes include when kissing, from an insect bite, and self inflicted bites, which would include accidental bites when chewing, or habitual chewing at or biting the lips. If it is out of habit, you need to make a conscious effort to stop biting your lips. If you have accidentally bitten your lips in your sleep, there is nothing that you can do to stop it from happening again. And if it is an insect that has bitten you, it would be good idea to get it checked by your local physician to rule out any chance of it being poisonous or leading to any other complications. At the same time, there are a few things that you can do at home to take care of this problem. If your lip has swollen up due to this bite, apply a cold compress to the swelling. The cold compress could be a soft cloth soaked in cold water and then held against the swelling, or it could be a piece of ice held directly against the swelling. You can also suck on chips of ice to help bring down the swelling or take regular sips of cold water. Eating fresh, cold yogurt will also help a lot in this situation. You can alternate between these different types of cold compresses throughout the day. Once you have applied the cold compress, apply honey to your lips. This will help to bring down the swelling and also help in healing the bite, be it insect-induced or self-induced.

Once the swelling comes down, there are a lot of things that you can apply to your lips to heal the bite. You can start off by applying aloe vera gel to your lips. Aloe vera gel has cooling properties as well as anti-bacterial properties that will help take care of any infection that might develop because of the bite. Likewise, you can also apply tea tree oil to your lips as well. Even tea tree oil has healing properties that take care of any anti-microbial infections. Applying this oil will also make sure that there is no scar left behind after the lip bite is healed. Another highly effective remedy is applying clarified butter with a pinch of turmeric powder added to it. Turmeric again has antiseptic properties that will take care of any fungal infection that might occur.