Cracked Lips

The blustery cold winter give way to cracked, chapped and dry lips.

Lips are visible organs of the body that serves for providing essential nutrients to the body for healthy growth and development. Any defect in the lips may cause severe health problems due to inadequate consumption of healthy and nutritious foods.

When we think about skin and body care, lips are usually deprived of nourishment.



Biologically, lips require more attention and care, especially during the cold winters. This is because skin consists of some natural oils that helps retain moisture during low humidity and cold winters but lips lack these natural oils.



Lips also lack the pigment melanin that increases the risk of burning sensation on the lips and corner of the mouth. In the absence of natural oils and melanin, lips tend to loose moisture that eventually leads to cracked and dry lips.

Exposure to cold winds is an obvious reason for dry lips but when an individual develops dry and cracked lips, vitamin deficiency is also a principal cause.



Common vitamins responsible for cracking and chapping of lips are Vitamin A, Vitamin B and Vitamin C. The most common symptoms include pain, loss of moisture, feeling of dryness, tenderness of lips, bleeding and reddishness in lips.



Vitamin deficiency tends to take away moisture from the lips and result in dryness and reddishness.

Consistently dry, chapped and cracked lips are signs of a lack of riboflavin. Flax Seed Powder contains essential fatty acids required for the nourishment of the skin of the lips.



Vitamin E acts as a powerful antioxidant to protect essential fatty acids and prevent cracking of lips.

Apart from riboflavin, Vitamin B1 and Vitamin B6 also help in providing moisture to lips. Deficiency in any of these vitamins can cause inflammation of lips and cracked lips. Cracked and chapped lips vitamin deficiency can be curbed by drinking plenty of water and consuming vitamin rich food sources like whole-grain cereals, bread, brown rice, fortified bread, red meat, egg yolks, and green leafy vegetables.