HYPERPIGMENTATION ON THE LIPS
Many things can cause lips to darken. For some people, their lips are naturally dark due to genetics. But for most it’s due to outside trauma. Like smoking, drinking hot beverages daily, or sickness. The most common reason for someone’s lips darkening is smoking. People who smoke cigarettes, blunts, cigars, and tobacco from a pipe have dark lips. And usually the entire inside of their mouths is darkened (gums, teeth, checks/buccal area, etc). People with dark lips tend look unhealthy, and dark lips are especially unattractive on females. Dark lips subconsciously repel the opposite sex. Who wants to kiss a person with dark crusty lips? This guide will show you how to obtain soft pink kissable lips, but if you continue to partake in smoking and drinking hot beverage daily. Your lips will continue to darken and you wont see significant whitening of your lips.
| INSTRUCTIONS |
MATERIALS NEEDED:
• Skin Bleaching Lip Balm
• Tretinoin Gel 0.1%
• Clear Packing Tape
• Vaseline
Exfoliate Lips 3-4 times weekly: First start by washing your lips with your favorite facial soap. Dry your lips. Then use your fingertips to apply the Tretinoin Gel to your lips, like you would apply lip balm. Rub it in until it absorbs. Your lips will start to peel profusely after 2 days. Use an exfoliating face sponge or clear packing tape to gently remove peeling dead skin from your lips. Exfoliating is very drying to skin/lips, apply Vaseline or moisturizing UV lip balm to keep lips moist daily.
Skin Bleaching Lip Balm: Apply it to your lips as you would a regular a lip balm. This skin bleaching lip balm will whiten skin wherever it is applied. So be sure to only get it on your lips and not outside of your lip boarder, unless you need skin whitening there too.
TIPS: If you can’t wash your lips every time you apply you skin bleaching lip balm, that’s fine, just wipe them with a clean wet paper towel first. If you’re going outside, and not wearing your skin bleaching lip balm, make sure to wear a lip balm that contains UV sunscreen to protect your lips and prevent further darkening. Initially, only apply Tretinoin gel 2-3 times within a seven day period. Your skin has to become acclimated to the exfoliation action of the Tretinoin gel, you can increase to applying Tretinoin gel to your lips every other day after 4 weeks of consistent use. You’ll actually want to use Tret more often because lips develop dead skin quickly, and even more quickly if the person drinks hot beverages frequently or smokes. Your lips are going to peel a lot revealing baby soft smooth skin underneath. Use your packing tape to gently remove the dead skin flakes. After you wash your lips let them dry until they’re ashy. Then take a piece of clear packing tape, place it on your lips, smooth it out. Then carefully peel the tape upwards, for your bottom lip, and downwards for your top lip (do each lip separately). This will prevent tearing new skin off causing your lips to crack and bleed. After that rinse your lips with cold water, dry them, then apply your Vaseline. ALWAYS keep your lips moisturized.
WHAT TO EXPECT
After a few days your lips will appear like a layer of crust needs to come off, then they will start to peel profusely. After the dead skin starts peeling off your lips, new lighter skin will be revealed from underneath. After a week of the above regimen, you will see your lips lighten a full shade. Just keep following the above daily regimen until you have achieved the lightened color you want your lips to be. Lip skin is very thin so you’ll see whitening and lightening much quicker than any other part of your body.
