@ Laura Canon : Hi Laura, I use a cream that I get from vitacost.com, that has vitamin C in it. It's called GloNaturals Essentials, Vitamin C Renewal Cream. I've also used Andalou Naturals products and I really like that line, especially the cleansing milk. The cleansing milk doesn't dry the skin out. I recently made a mask that was wonderful and left my skin feeling great and less red. 1 whole avocado, shea butter (optional), coconut oil unrefined, honey, vitamin E and blended it, applied and left on for about 20 minutes. Rinsed with cool water and patted dry. I then applied even more moisturizer and used the GloNaturals on top. Extreme cold and hot temps will aggravate, as well as red wine, spicy foods, gluten, sugar, too much salt, etc. I have to eat really healthy, drink lots of water and get plenty of rest for my skin to look great. Living in a more humid climate and or by the ocean would also do wonders, as my skin is always awesome when we are vacationing at the ocean. Good luck! I wish there were easier solutions! :)

@ Courtney James : @ Courtney James Sounds like perioral dermatitis and this will spread to around your chin and up your face if you do not treat it. I tried everything natural with no real success...had to take the antibiotic tetracycline and worked like a charm. You may have just the beginning stage of it and if you look at photos of full blown dermatitis, you might think you don't have it but if your upper lip is red, irritated and sometimes has a burning sensation, chances are you do.

@ Paula Frost : Food allergies? Ive eliminated eggs from my diet and hot stuff such as crushed red chilli peppers, hot peppers, jalapenos.. which were triggers for my skin reactions on my face and scalp. Perfumes, smelly lotions that also say hypo... etc Allergy testings are helpful. Cocunut oil...olive oil.

@ Courtney James : Have you tried Vicks Vaporub? Stings a little bit but did absolute wonders for me. Give it a go! that, or get a good exfoliator from you're local body product store (or make one using white sugar and vanilla essence) scrub out the dry skin, wash your lips with water and apply a heavy duty lip balm or lip mask. Stay away from licking, cold weather without chapstick and teething them by pulling the skin with your teeth. Good luck!

@ Sarah : The same thing happened to me, I used an acne medication that totally dried out and burned my skin and I haven't used it for a long time but now my skin is always really red and I don't know what to do.