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Fri Feb-04-05 02:58 PM
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Is it possible to be addicted to Chapstick? |
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I cant live without the stuff anymore
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Fri Feb-04-05 02:59 PM
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specifically "Dr. Pepper" flavored chapstick.
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Fri Feb-04-05 02:59 PM
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2. It's possible to addicted to ANYTHING. |
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From chewing gum to heroin.
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Fri Feb-04-05 02:59 PM
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3. Yes... I read it replaces the natural moisture on your lips |
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with lanolin or aloe, so once you start, you need to keep re-applying it.
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Fri Feb-04-05 02:59 PM
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4. Oh yeah. Believe it or not |
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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 :)
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:00 PM
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I am addicted to Blistex. There. It's out. :o I feel so much better.
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:00 PM
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6. As a matter of fact, yes. |
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Edited on Fri Feb-04-05 03:01 PM by Worst Username Ever
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.
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:00 PM
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7. Well, here's snopes' take on Carmex |
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:02 PM
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:03 PM
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bringing down the property values of conveniece stores everywhere. :crazy:
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:04 PM
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12. I think they took it too literally |
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Edited on Fri Feb-04-05 03:05 PM by spunky
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.
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:05 PM
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13. that's what it does... |
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in the long run, it actually chaps out your lips more, so you need it more and more...that's how they get you
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:03 PM
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If so, I would say YES! :o
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:03 PM
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my last GF pretty much needed a 12-step program to get over that addiction
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:07 PM
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14. I'm Addicted To The "Crack" Flavor Chapstick |
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Fri Feb-04-05 03:08 PM
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It used to give me zits around my lips. That's why I use Burt's Bees. I love that stuff.
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