[pct-l] blistered lips

[John Abela]

A tube of Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment is always in my ditty bag no
matter what.


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:29 AM,  <aslive at charter.net> wrote:
>
> My lips bluster from the sun whenever I backpack, particularly at
> altitude and over snow.  I use an SPF lip protection but it still
> happens.  Maybe this is because I am the first member of my family to
> rise up out from my coffin during the daytime in 500 years, I don't
> know.  Anyway, I am wondering what folks use to treat this condition.  I
> have tried Aloe Vera gel and triple antibiotic ointment, Campho-Phenique
> and petroleum jelly, nothing seems to help.  A week- and-a-half to two
> weeks is a long time to stay out of the sun.  Any suggestions?
> Shepherd