# Anyone else never use chapstick?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 19, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948 "2008-03-19T15:36:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/41 "2008-03-20T13:55:01Z")

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I’m addicted to the stuff. I love Chapstick. I use the crap all year 'round.

Help me.

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/42 "2008-03-20T18:05:21Z")

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[QUOTE=KGS]  
I never use Chapstick, because [Carmex](http://www.carma-labs.com/) is way better.  
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Indeed it is. Also works well when you feel a hangnail coming on.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/43 "2008-03-20T18:12:04Z")

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Never use it, and my lips rarely get chapped.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/44 "2008-03-20T18:16:46Z")

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I stopped using ChapStick years ago. The key to preventing chapped lips is to drink plenty of fluids. If you’re lips are chapped, you haven’t been drinking enough. A glass of water will fix it up quickly.

You also become addicted to it – it seems to dry my lips so that when it wears off you want more of it.

I do get nosebleeds, though.

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/45 "2008-03-20T21:57:20Z")

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[QUOTE=RealityChuck]  
I stopped using ChapStick years ago. The key to preventing chapped lips is to drink plenty of fluids. If you’re lips are chapped, you haven’t been drinking enough. A glass of water will fix it up quickly.

You also become addicted to it – it seems to dry my lips so that when it wears off you want more of it.

I do get nosebleeds, though.  
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I drink more water than most people and my lips still get very chapped. It’s genetic I think. My Dad and sisters have the same problem.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-never-use-chapstick/441948/46 "2008-03-20T22:27:53Z")

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Never ever ever (though I do stay pretty well hydrated throughout the day).

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