Although there is no doubt that dog walkers and winter skiers suffer badly, even if you are outside for a short period of time, it is easy to end up with sore, cracked, chapped lips and red skin on the perimeter of them.
If you are wanting to know how to cure sore lips naturally, one of the solutions is to ensure that you drink enough.
During the winter months, we tend to feel less thirsty.
In addition, we lose water just by breathing in and out as the cold air we take in is humidified before we breathe it out-think of how it "steams"! Therefore, drinking more will help but you need to ensure that the fluid gets to the skin too.
One solution to cure sore lips is to find a product which will help to draw the water we drink from the deeper tissues towards the skin but which will also help to lock it in there and prevent it evaporating into the air.
Try products which contain lanolin and petroleum jelly as both will provide a good watertight seal.
You certainly don't need to spend a lot of money on expensive lip treatments as you can buy these products in their "raw" form from the pharmacy and you often get a huge container for not much expense.
Try gently exfoliating the lips using a clean washcloth onto which you apply a little lanolin or petroleum jelly and then coat the area generously.
Also ensure that you moisturize the skin surrounding the lips too.
If you find that the skin around your lips has cracked and does not seem to be healing after a couple of days, it is possible that you need to take further action to cure sore lips naturally.
Very often, a fungal or bacterial infection known as angular cheilitis can take hold on the area surrounding the mouth and then is very difficult to eradicate.
The trick here is to use a treatment which will prevent either air or moisture reaching the area, as this ensures that the bacteria or fungus cannot survive.