If your lips are cracking or getting cut from the corners, then understand that there is a deficiency of this vitamin!

Many people apply lip balm or petroleum jelly several times a day, yet their lips remain chapped. In such a situation, it is important to know that the lack of some essential vitamins in your body can also be the reason for this problem.

Be it winter or summer, chapped lips are a common but very painful problem. When lips crack frequently, start getting cut from the corners or feel dry and lifeless all the time, it is not just due to the weather. Many people apply lip balm or petroleum jelly several times a day, yet their lips remain chapped. In such a situation, it is important to know that the lack of some essential vitamins in your body can also be the reason for this problem. If chapped lips have become your daily problem, then it may be a sign of vitamin deficiency in the body. So let us tell you today which vitamin deficiency causes chapped lips, what are its other symptoms are, and how to overcome this problem. 

Why do lips crack? Know the real reason.

 

 

There can be many reasons behind chapped lips, such as - 

1. Lack of water in the body i.e., dehydration 

2. Cold or dry weather

3. Frequent wetting of lips with tongue

4. Daily consumption of cigarettes or tobacco

5. Nutrient deficiencies, especially vitamins

6. Side effects of some medicines

7. Excessive amounts of vitamin A and zinc in the body

Which vitamin deficiency causes chapped lips?

If chapped lips have become a daily problem for you, then it may be a sign of a deficiency of vitamin B12 or B2 in the body. Due to a deficiency of vitamin B2 (riboflavin), the skin can become dry and rough, cracks appear on the lips, blisters or wounds may form at the corners of the mouth, or the tongue can become red and swollen. Whereas due to a deficiency of vitamin B12 (cobalamin), the lips feel burning, lips start getting cut from the corners, the condition of the skin and hair starts deteriorating, fatigue, irritability and lack of sleep are felt and the scalp becomes dry and hair starts falling. 

How to overcome deficiency of Vitamin B12 and B2?

To overcome the deficiency of Vitamin B12 and B2, include some things in your daily diet like milk and milk products, curd, paneer, cheese or egg, fish, salmon, tuna, sardine, meat if you eat non-veg and green leafy vegetables, whole grains, beans, soy products. If the requirement of vitamins is not being fulfilled by food, then you can also take supplements of Vitamin B12 and B2 after consulting a doctor.

Along with this, if the lips are cracking or getting cut from the corners, then drink at least 8-10 glasses of water throughout the day, apply SPF lip balm, especially when going out in the sun, scrub the lips 2-3 times a week, use organic lip balm and apply beetroot juice on the lips at night. This will give both natural color and moisture to the lips.