 [ Symptoms ] my lips have become severely chapped i have applied vitamin e but it is not working can you give me any advice  it is not the infrequent normal kind of chapping it is lasts for weeks and looks like a lot of dry dead skin on my lips [ Disease ] non healing areas of sun exposed skin    such as the lips ears and nose    should be evaluated by your dermatologist to exclude any precancerous growths once you have excluded any precancerous causes consider applying topical hydrocortisone to reduce the inflammatory process