Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explains how lip balm could be damaging your lips.

“As the weather gets colder and the air gets drier, the lips are more likely to become very dry and cracked,” says Houshmand. “Unlike the skin on your face, lips don’t contain sebum ...

There are all kinds of reasons your lips might be chapped. The universally annoying and uncomfortable situation of a dry, flaky, tight, cracked pout might be due to cold weather, dehydration ...

In this situation, drink as much water as possible. Chapped lips: If a person's lips are cracked, it means that there is a deficiency of omega-3 in your body. In such a situation, consume walnuts.

Chapped lips commonly occur when your lips are dry, sore, or cracked. You may get chapped lips when the weather is cold and dry, or when you are dehydrated. Unlike the rest of your skin ...

When temperatures plummet, my lips morph into what can only be described as scorched earth inflamed by blustery dry air and winds. What I'm left with is a painful inconvenience: cracked lips that ...

My lips are always dry. I often find my lips are cracked or flaking – probably down to my abysmal attempts at drinking water every day (a lack of water is one of the key causes for dry lips ...