My lips became extremely dry, flakey and irritated in a way that I never experienced before and being a long-time user of another lip balm, I never thought it could be that brand that could have been causing the problem and thought that I probably needed to go to a dermatologist just to see what was happening. I decided before making an appointment, to try this instead and like a miracle, this balm cured, yes cured, the issues that I was having with my dry flakey lips in about a week and I say cSee full review