Lip balm addition

I understand your lips can become dependent on lip balm.

As a baby apparently I would get chapped lips. My mom would put it on if my lips were getting to the point where they were chapped. As a toddler it kept on and then as a kid I got really used to putting it on several times a day.

I have tried drinking huge amounts of water. I have also tried weaning off lip balm a little. But if I stop coating my lips with it 24/7 my lips get dry and even if apply lip balm an hr after not having lip balm on, my lips are cracking my evening.

My doctors only advice is to keep using lip balm all the time.

I don't like being so dependent though. Does anyone have this problem? How did you fix it?