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Of course no one is comfortable with a dry, flaky, cracked texture, even accompanied by a burning sensation on the lips. You may include the skin lining the lips to feel smooth, soft, and supple. Actually why, yes, lips feel hot as if burning this?
What causes lips to feel hot and dry?
The burning sensation that causes the lips to feel hot, dry, and sore usually doesn't happen without reason. Try to remember again, maybe there are one or two things that you do and unconsciously cause burning sensation on the lips.
The habit of eating or drinking too hot, eating spicy food, exposure to sunlight, experiencing burns, smoking, and the influence of chemicals are alleged to be things that can result in a dry and hot effect on the lips afterward.
What's more, the thickness of the skin that covers the lips is not always the same for everyone. That is why, sometimes this burning and hot sensation can come in different levels depending on the condition of your lips. In some cases, this burning sensation can get worse and make you uncomfortable.
Look for the following symptoms that mark hot lips as if they are burning:
- Pain in the lips
- Lips are inflamed
- Unusual redness
If the wound on the lips is classified as severe, it is sometimes accompanied by the appearance of blisters and even swelling of the lips.
How to cure it?
The treatment given when the lips feel hot as if they are burning is not always the same, depending on the cause. In addition, treatment must be adjusted to the extent of the severity of the wound you have on the lips.
Minor burns
This condition usually occurs due to a fairly common cause. For example, lips accidentally touch something hot, eat or drink that is too hot, and eat spicy food. If this is what you are experiencing, try starting treatment steps by:
- Clean lips using a salt solution mixed with a little soap. Gently wash all over the lip area to prevent infection. Do this method right after a burning sensation appears on your lips.
- Cold compress with a clean cloth affixed directly to all parts of the lips. This method can help reduce inflammation that usually appears after the lips experience a hot and sore sensation. Avoid using ice cubes directly on the lips.
- Apply aloe vera to help soothe lips that may still be sore and inflamed. Aloe vera can have a moisturizing effect that minimizes inflammation while preventing dry and chapped lips.
Advanced burns
Lip sores at this level generally do not only damage the outer layer of the skin, but have penetrated into the lips to form blisters. Even though sometimes you are anxious about the sores that appear, you should not do anything because you are afraid that it will make the burning, dry, and sore on your lips worse.
Instead, let the lips heal on their own with a compress and aloe vera. However, to speed up the healing process of lips that are injured by the sun, smoking, or chemicals, you can apply topical antibiotic ointments as recommended by your doctor.
Pain relievers that are taken as needed can also help with pain due to sores on the lips. Always try to use a moisturizer to soften dry, flaky skin on your lips.
If you have routinely undergone medication to deal with the sensation of heat, dryness, and burning on the lips but it doesn't go away, seeing a doctor may be the best way Your doctor can suggest further treatment according to your condition.
