“It’s ugly, I dare not come to school.” That’s what my childhood friend, Amy told me. I remember she used to skip class when there was cold sores outbreak on her lips. “I wish I could get rid of these stupid sores!” Yeah, she was really frustrated.

What are the causes of cold sores?

Cold sore is one of the common diseases found on lips. Some call it fever blisters or oral herpes as it’s caused by Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (non-genital) mostly or 2 (genital) occasionally. The blisters are very painful and highly contagious. In other words, cold sore virus transmits through skin contact or body fluids.

By age of 40, almost 90% of adults are infected with Herpes Simplex Virus. It means 9 out 10 people around us have the virus resided in their nerve cells. The only difference is 1/3 of them have never had a outbreak so they don’t even know they carry the virus.

To those who have been living in the nightmares of cold sores, their concern is if cold sore is curable? (more…)

In my first post Lip Color Tells Our Health Condition, various conditions related to lip color changes are highlighted. I noticed that there’re quite a number of visitors looking for information about pale lips.

They asked if there’s any remedies to darken or redden their upper lip or lower lip. From the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) point of view, yes there are.

Before I go into it, let me restate the possible causes of pale upper and lower lips: (more…)

It’s nothing fancy or mission impossible here. Just spend sometimes to research and do the shopping, you may make or even create your own lip products. Try out with two simple lip gloss making as below. The steps are quite simple and composition of ingredients is not complicated either.

Personally I like the fruity flavor gloss, so please forgive me for illustrating only the recipes of my favorite

The first one…with Fruity Flavor

What you need? (more…)