# Lip Balm Addicts Anonymous.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094 "2005-11-15T02:03:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094/41 "2005-11-17T22:57:17Z")

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I use lip balm maybe a couple of times a month in the summer, but in the winter… I just go and buy huge numbers of Carmex tubes, figuring that that’s the only way to make sure that I can find one when it’s late at night and my lips are on fire. I prefer Carmex because it tastes terrible, so I don’t lick it off.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094/42 "2005-11-17T23:34:05Z")

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Crap!!! I forgot my chapstick this morning!!! I’m stuck in class and wont be going home until late tonight!!  
SHIIIIIIIIIITT!!!

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094/43 "2005-11-17T23:39:59Z")

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Crap!!! I forgot my chapstick this morning!!! I’m stuck in class and wont be going home until late tonight!!

I Am Going to Die.

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094/44 "2005-11-18T01:17:13Z")

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I used to be very addicted to it, but have been able to break some/most of that addiction, which means I rarely have to carry it anymore. The key was to use KY ‘lube’, it somehow re-started my own natural way to preventing chapped lips.

YMMV

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**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-balm-addicts-anonymous/331094/45 "2005-11-18T01:28:52Z")

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Huh. I keep a tin of Burt’s Bees lip balm in my pocket where it stays nice and soft, but that’s pretty much it – I used to use Chapstick, but a few years ago I started breaking out when I used it, so I switched.

And I slop some Vaseline on before bed so that it works overnight – works a treat.

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