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Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:36 pm  |
I've been noticing within the past year or so that my lips seem to have lost a lot of color. They were never very pink or anything, but these days they seem to be paler, and if anything more purple-ish than pink. The only time I really see some good color in them is when I'm eating spicy foods and the blood rushes to my lips.
So my questions is, is this just something that happens are you get older -- lips losing color, getting pale? I'm wondering if I should be considering it as a sign of health issue vs. normal aging. |
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Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:15 pm |
I believe that as you age, your lips do loose some color (I wonder what Angelina Jolie and her lips will look like when she ages  ).
However, you said that within the past year, your lips have lost that rosy color and are more purpleish. This is way to much of a dramatic change in such a short period of time for your lips to do this on you. To me, this is a sign of poor circulation that you should definetly get checked at the doctors for (the sign that spicy foods bring the pinkish color back suggests something to do with circulation). I came up with this reason because:
1) it just makes sense to me 
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2) when you get surgery that requires anesthesia (sp?) in a hospital, one of the vitals they look for AFTER the surgery to be able to let you out of their care, is that your lips come back to their pinkishy color. Therefore, holding some sort of connection of the bodies organs/ blood.
So, again, my recommendation is to definetly get to the doctors and see what may be going on.
And by all means, I'm no doctor, so I wouldn't know anything for sure. Hopefully others respond and we can see what they think. Hope that helps in some way or another  . |
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:24 am |
| girldelvov wrote: |
However, you said that within the past year, your lips have lost that rosy color and are more purpleish. This is way to much of a dramatic change in such a short period of time for your lips to do this on you. |
Well I should clarify that my lips were never "rosy." I can't recall ever having pink lips, even as a teenager. But still, I've noticed them getting paler and more blue/purple-tinged these days and it's not looking too healthy or attractive. Yes, I do think I should bring it up next time I see a doctor.
Thanks for the advice. |
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:27 am |
Dealated, do the products you described help with color? And by that I don't mean that they coat the lips with color, but do they somehow bring more color to the lips naturally?
I am pretty wary of lip plumping products.
I tried one recently and couldn't stop laughing at the effects:
Right after I tried it, I thought, "Whatever, that's just lip gloss." But soon I felt blood rushing to my lips, and a really unsettling tingling feeling. It felt like I had just eaten 15 jalapeno peppers. I checked a mirror and saw that my lips were bright red, and looked inflamed. The area AROUND them, the skin, got kind of red and swollen, too. The tingling and swelling lasted for about 20 minutes.
It was good for a laugh, but it was also vaguely disturbing!  |
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:35 am |
| Janis wrote: |
Right after I tried it, I thought, "Whatever, that's just lip gloss." But soon I felt blood rushing to my lips, and a really unsettling tingling feeling. It felt like I had just eaten 15 jalapeno peppers. I checked a mirror and saw that my lips were bright red, and looked inflamed. The area AROUND them, the skin, got kind of red and swollen, too. The tingling and swelling lasted for about 20 minutes.
It was good for a laugh, but it was also vaguely disturbing! |
Janis, after I read that, I remembered my situation to be the exact same the first time I tried a plumper. So, I know exactly what you mean. I got that exact reaction with the Jackson Bennett (SP?)beautiFULL lips, it was pretty scary. And the tingling and blood rushing didn't seem little at all, it seemed like my lips were drying up and on fire. But the product at sephora looks kind of promising. You never know, I guess. |
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Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:10 pm |
| Janis wrote: |
Dealated, do the products you described help with color? And by that I don't mean that they coat the lips with color, but do they somehow bring more color to the lips naturally?
I am pretty wary of lip plumping products.
I tried one recently and couldn't stop laughing at the effects:
Right after I tried it, I thought, "Whatever, that's just lip gloss." But soon I felt blood rushing to my lips, and a really unsettling tingling feeling. It felt like I had just eaten 15 jalapeno peppers. I checked a mirror and saw that my lips were bright red, and looked inflamed. The area AROUND them, the skin, got kind of red and swollen, too. The tingling and swelling lasted for about 20 minutes.
It was good for a laugh, but it was also vaguely disturbing! |
Don't worry, Citylips doesn't contain irritants (like cinnamon) like other lip plumping products, they both help long term to correct lip lines and bring a healthier color to your lips. |
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:58 pm |
| Janis wrote: |
| girldelvov wrote: |
However, you said that within the past year, your lips have lost that rosy color and are more purpleish. This is way to much of a dramatic change in such a short period of time for your lips to do this on you. |
Well I should clarify that my lips were never "rosy." I can't recall ever having pink lips, even as a teenager. But still, I've noticed them getting paler and more blue/purple-tinged these days and it's not looking too healthy or attractive. Yes, I do think I should bring it up next time I see a doctor.
Thanks for the advice. |
Hi Janice, I think girldelvov is right, purplish/blue is not a normal shade for lips, it sounds like cyanosis to me, which can occur for many different reasons. I'm a paramedic and see many patients with cyanosis - usually it's because of a lower than normal percentage of oxygen in the blood (again, could be many causes, sometimes when people are cold their lips/nose/ears/extremities appear slightly cyanosed). I would recommend you mention this to your doctor as girldelvov advised - he/she will let you know if this is normal for you or not.
Shirley M |
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