Is it possible to be addicted to Chapstick?

[commander bunnypants]

I cant live without the stuff anymore

CB

[SheepyMcSheepster]

1. my girlfriend is

specifically "Dr. Pepper" flavored chapstick.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. It's possible to addicted to ANYTHING.

From chewing gum to heroin.

[Lavender Brown]

3. Yes... I read it replaces the natural moisture on your lips

with lanolin or aloe, so once you start, you need to keep re-applying it.

[Heddi]

4. Oh yeah. Believe it or not

Your lips can get used to the faux moisture provided by chapstick (Carmex is the worst, imo), and stop producing moisture on its own. So you are addicted to chapstick! At least, your lips are!

I like the Bonnie Bell and Avon lip things myself. Chapstick takes too...chapsticky. I like the ones that taste like strawberry or bubblegum. Sigh....29 physically.....6 mentally :)

[Jessica]

5. Yes. Yes yes yes.

I am addicted to Blistex. There. It's out. :o I feel so much better.

[Worst Username Ever]

6. As a matter of fact, yes.

Chapstick is not just a coating, it actually bonds to your lips. Your lips will begin to cease creating their own mositure, and you will become reliant on it to keep your lips from drying out/becoming chapped. The same thing happens when people are frequent users of eye drops. Their eye stop creating tears.

petroleum jelly is better, but I still use chapstick.

[democracyindanger]

7. Well, here's snopes' take on Carmex

http://www.snopes.com/business/secret/carmex.asp

[underpants]

8. Carmex is the BOMB!

Best stuff ever

[democracyindanger]

10. You damn Carmexheads

bringing down the property values of conveniece stores everywhere. :crazy:

[spunky]

12. I think they took it too literally

Its not like anybody claims to have psychological effects of addiction.

I used to use carmex a lot and found my lips would dry out very quickly if I didn't continue using it. A friend said your lips could get addicted to it, so I stopped. After a few days of chapped lips I didn't need it anymore.

[mark414]

13. that's what it does...

in the long run, it actually chaps out your lips more, so you need it more and more...that's how they get you

[kick-ass-bob]

9. Are you eating it?

If so, I would say YES!
:o

[arcane1]

11. oh yes!

my last GF pretty much needed a 12-step program to get over that addiction

[Beetwasher]

14. I'm Addicted To The "Crack" Flavor Chapstick

I don't know why...

[dubyaD40web]

15. I hate Carmex.

It used to give me zits around my lips. That's why I use Burt's Bees. I love that stuff.