My lips burn and gets tiny bumpy rashes when I use chapstick on cracked lips. I prefer the smooth application and pleasant smell of blixtex and vanilla Chapstick when my lips aren't cracked but Burt's Bees provides the lubricant I need without the allergic reaction. It helps with the eczema on my ear too, compared to regular lotion or the medicated blixtex.
I thought i was the only one that had an allergic reaction to chapstick. I've always used it, about 4 yrs ago when i was going through basic training i found out that i was allergic to chapstick. I had blisters, redness, the whole nine. Now i use cococare lip balm, it's great you can find in walgreens for 99 cents. If anyone happens to break out again just use allegra or any over the counter allergy prescription drug and it will go away with 24 hours.
I'm 29 years old and have been suffering from allergic reactions to lip glosses since I was 18. It starts off as a slight burning sensation which progressively gets worse, my lips start swelling and then tiny little blisters start appearing all over my lips. It takes approximately a week for it to go away completely but can take longer depending on how long it takes me to notice the reaction and stop using the lip gloss. Like some of the other people that have posted, any lip gloss (even the one's I know are safe) seem to aggravate my lips when I'm having a reaction. When it first started happening I was told by two doctors that I was suffering from cold sores until the third told me I was suffering from an allergy. It was tough at the time because I had so many (at least 20!!) glosses, I really had no idea which one had caused the problem. Glosses that do not give me a reaction are: vaseline, strawberry chapstick, lucas' paw paw ointment and blistex lip conditioner. My tip for anyone that suffers from this is to ALWAYS test a new gloss on a small patch of your lip for at least a week before applying completely. I am currently suffering from a reaction (for the first time in many years) because I didn't test properly. I've taken a couple of hay fever tablets which seems to be helping.
I am AMAZED at how many other people have this same problem. I think what we're dealing with here is an "interaction" between certain ingredients rather than our own reaction to a certain ingredient. I've never had this problem before until I tried the 'Original' flavor (black and white label) of Chapstick lip balm. I loved it's moisturizing effect and started using it as part of my daily routine everyday, for touchups and under lipstick and lipgloss. I think the combination of ingredients and the fact that my immune system was low (fighting a cold) might have allowed a full-blown cold-sore to develop (or something like it). Ever since then, I have had an allergy to just about everything I've put on lips. Tracing it back to the only thing that changed in my lipcare routine (the Chapstick), I looked on the label and found it contained Padimate, a sunblock ingredient with a bad rep. Whatever it is it has tipped my body into this new state where it just rejects anything I put on my lips. I decided to go back to vaseline. This is only my first day on vaseline but I can feel that it has stopped the weird, tight, rashy bumpy thing from progressing any further. Will see if it reverses the problem. I think the answer is to a) give your immune systems a boost, and b) stick to NATURAL or ORGANIC lipcare.
I myself have had an reaction to CHAPSTICK!!! I thought that I was the only one but I hate to say that I'm glad that I'm not. I started off having my lips itching really really bad and then the bumps came all over my lips!! Red, swollen and bumpy!! I hated it and still do to this day. I have been in the hospital twice because of this and 4 diff meds from the md. My lips have been swollen for a MONTH AND HALF. The swollen has went down a lil but now that they are down, my lips are so black and so is the skin around my lips. What the hell am I going to do? HELP!! I dont know what else to do!! I am wondering if there is anything that we can do with the company, can we file a law suite of something.
It could also be the topical application (skin) of the color dyes included.. try putting it on your inner arm, if it is an allergy, you should have a reaction there. The alternative I suggest would be getting the Food Grade Vitamin E capsules. I use a safety pin to open, and my finger to apply.. doesn't taste the best, but will clear any irritations and keep lips healthy. I usually wear it at night (the hubby calls it the "glazed doughnut" look *lol)
HEY!! no you do not have coldsores.
I freaked out over the same thing. i used loreal lip products and my lips got all red and swollen the next morning. they burned and felt tingly and had little bumps on them, almost like there were tiny hives formed under the skin. and when I pressed them together, it felt like they were leaking? weird, i know, but it was HORRIBLE. not knowing it was the lipgloss, it happened a second time, so i'm sure
I freaked out over the same thing. i used loreal lip products and my lips got all red and swollen the next morning. they burned and felt tingly and had little bumps on them, almost like there were tiny hives formed under the skin. and when I pressed them together, it felt like they were leaking? weird, i know, but it was HORRIBLE. not knowing it was the lipgloss, it happened a second time, so i'm sure
Hi I have had the same problem for a couple years now. After running back and forth between the dermetologist and the pharmacy I was able to find two useful products for this. Coco Butter chapstick works really well and keeos the lips coated. The only thing i dont like about it is that it doesnt moisturize and only just coats. Another product that works well is Aquophor.
I think you might be allergic to Lanolin, or the petroleum in the chapsticks.. I know I am. As far as when my lips start reacting all I do is simply treat my lips with hydro cortisone cream and in a couple days of treatment my lips return to normal.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS CONDITION IS VERY ANNOYING WHEN YOUR PARTNERS ALL WEAR LIPSTICK OR LIP GLOSSES OF SOME KIND!!!
I think you might be allergic to Lanolin, or the petroleum in the chapsticks.. I know I am. As far as when my lips start reacting all I do is simply treat my lips with hydro cortisone cream and in a couple days of treatment my lips return to normal.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS CONDITION IS VERY ANNOYING WHEN YOUR PARTNERS ALL WEAR LIPSTICK OR LIP GLOSSES OF SOME KIND!!!
I got the same thing, and my doctor also told me it was cold sores, herpes simplex II virus, and prescribed me acyclovir, which didnt help. I went to a dermatologist a year later, and it had been a bacterial infection all along.
I have the same reactions to chapstick, and I haven't beaten my infection yet, so I would go to another doctor, and ask for a bacterial test, if I were you.
I have the same reactions to chapstick, and I haven't beaten my infection yet, so I would go to another doctor, and ask for a bacterial test, if I were you.
I have been using spearmint chapstick for over a year and have had no problems with it, I love it. Then I moved to a new state and didn't find it so I bought peppermint. I'm used to the tingly feeling you get when you first put it on, spearmint does the same thing but now I have red, swollen, bumpy lips that leak fluid if I rub them together. I feel like I got a botox injection. If I can find the spearmint chapstick am I still safe to use that?
I have always had lip problems my whole life. When I was a kid the original Blistex medicated lip ointment changed my life.
Then I discovered Burt's Bees and would only use that. After a few years I developed a reaction to burts bees as well. Again I was at square one. I went back to Blistex, as I would would still have a reaction to anything else I tried. I could only use the ointment and no other blistex product.
I am very hesitant to try any kind of lip balm or stick as even after one aplication will cause a reaction (even if I whipe it off right away). The only other thing I have found that works is Aveeno. They have a medicated stick and a non-medicated one, neither of which cause a reaction. They are also not as messy as the ointment.
In a similar forum I was reading on the same topic someon mentioned that it may be caused by an egg or soy allergy. There is an ingredient called lecithin, that is derived from egg or soy lecithinderived from soy. I do have an egg allergy so this may be it for me. When I looked up ingredients I could only find it on some websites listed as ingrediants that contribute to
Then I discovered Burt's Bees and would only use that. After a few years I developed a reaction to burts bees as well. Again I was at square one. I went back to Blistex, as I would would still have a reaction to anything else I tried. I could only use the ointment and no other blistex product.
I am very hesitant to try any kind of lip balm or stick as even after one aplication will cause a reaction (even if I whipe it off right away). The only other thing I have found that works is Aveeno. They have a medicated stick and a non-medicated one, neither of which cause a reaction. They are also not as messy as the ointment.
In a similar forum I was reading on the same topic someon mentioned that it may be caused by an egg or soy allergy. There is an ingredient called lecithin, that is derived from egg or soy lecithinderived from soy. I do have an egg allergy so this may be it for me. When I looked up ingredients I could only find it on some websites listed as ingrediants that contribute to
My best guess is that you might actually be allergic to one of the lipid in it, which would cause the reaction that you're describing. Lecithin is not the sort of thing that would cause an allergy, not even in rare cases, so that's my best guess. Have you ever tried lubricating with alternative lubricants like say olive oil?
Im allergic to and when it reacts i use a antibiotic cream and it goes away quicker. But every time I use chapstick I get red lips sort of a allergic reaction
Okay so I had a horrible reaction to the actual chapstick brand - red bumps and then (a different time) my lips totally lost a layer of skin. I switched to carmex - and had the same reaction!! The only one that i have had no problems with is a brand called "Badger Balm"
I have the same problem , I was told by a doctor that I am allergic to something in almost every type of chapstick or lip gloss that I use. I can't even use anything "medicated" because it gives me the same reaction. It is so bad that my boyfriend can't use it either because any part of it that gets near my lips causes a bad reaction within and hour. I have to use antihistamines like a regular allergic reaction and it usually takes a week to go back to normal. It sucks and its pretty embarrasing. The only lip gloss and lip balm that I find works 100% of the time, without reaction is the Aquafina brand because it is oil, not wax based.