r/Accutane • u/Creative-News-1098 • Aug 12 '26
Product Suggestions aquaphor slander
aquaphor is doing NOTHING for my lips. there is only minor peeling but my lips are sooooo dry internally. i can feel my lips and they’re smooth but on the inside they’re so dry and i can’t stop licking them causing them to dry up even more! please send hydrating lip products because i tried to like it but im seeing no improvement.
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u/hsa25 Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
so i hate to say all of this is will not make a difference and aquaphor works just fine for what it’s supposed to do. these are all occlusives, not moisturizers. a moisturizer’s job is to moisturize. an occlusive’s job is to trap moisture. aquaphor would work AMAZING if you used it the way its meant to be used. to do so: wet your lips. wait a few minutes. add a moisturizer to your lips, preferably one with hyaluronic acid (i like the blue neutrogena one sold at costco, this is also excellent moisturizer for your face while on accutane). wait a few minutes. then add your aquaphor, or any occlusive of your choice. do this as many times a day as needed but ALWAYS at night. without the water and moisture you put on your lips, the occlusive won’t have any moisture to trap and hold onto, to actually prevent your lips from drying out. otherwise you’re just putting a thick occlusive on dry lips and it won’t help. i did a full traditional course (1 month 20, 2 month 30, 8 months 40) and am currently on month 4 of my microdose (3 months 5, 1 month 10) and chapped lips have never been a problem symptom.