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🗓️ 12 March 2024
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We’ve all suffered with chapped lips in the winter: itchy, flaking, sometimes even bleeding. Yikes! One of our listeners wanted to know how this happens, so we asked dermatologist Roxana Daneshjou to explain.
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| 0:00.0 | From the brains behind Brains on, this is Moment of Am. |
| 0:03.2 | Answering those questions that make you go, |
| 0:07.6 | I'm... The moment of arm comes to you from a. |
| 0:14.0 | The moment of um comes to you from APM studios. I'm Sandin |
| 0:26.9 | Winter can be tough on the human body. We need to wrap up in coats and |
| 0:31.1 | scarves to protect ourselves from the cold and our tiny fingers and toes |
| 0:35.2 | need the extra protection of mittens and warm socks and don't forget your hat and your |
| 0:40.8 | earmuffs. Boy I sound like somebody's grandma don't I. Oh well I'm just gonna And your |
| 0:45.0 | lips are looking at your lips are looking really chapped. |
| 0:48.0 | We should do something about that. |
| 0:50.0 | Hi my name is Laura and my name is Laura, and my name is Braden, |
| 0:53.5 | and we're from North Providence, Rhode Island. |
| 0:56.8 | And my question is, how do lips get chapped? |
| 1:01.3 | That's actually a great question. |
| 1:04.0 | The lips get chapped because the skin is thinner and they don't have the same protective |
| 1:10.4 | layer of oil as the rest of your skin does. |
| 1:13.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Roxana Donashu. |
| 1:17.0 | I am a dermatologist, which is a doctor that takes care |
| 1:21.0 | of your skin, your hair, and your nails. |
| 1:25.8 | There can be many different reasons people get chap lips. |
| 1:29.7 | For example, you probably notice |
| 1:32.1 | that your lips are more chapped in the winter time. |
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