Oh my poor philtrum

[kittypie]

Get your minds out of the gutter. It's the little valley between your upper lip and your nose.

It's been so chapped the last couple of days...I wear a CPAP at night and thought that must be it (but I've been CPAPing for 10 years without problem.) Then I thought...ooooh, I've been vaping heavily the last couple days, I bet it's drying out my poor philtrum!

Just posting so you will feel sorry for me

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Try increasing the amount of water you drink. That might help out some.

 

[webbcm127]

also if you put carmex on it, it will help faster then any lotion, just a thought!-)

 

[dormouse]

I can't believe someone else knows the word philtrum. Here is another for you - hard end of a shoelace is an aglet.

Yeah I got that on one side (the side I vape on). What is the PG/VG of your juice? If you are using 100% PG then try 70pg/30vg. If you are frenching the whole drag, then try giving your nose just a bit of the drag and not on every drag.

Also, sometimes it is from getting liquid on your fingertips them touching your face. That is even more irritating. Nicotine is a skin irritant. So if you get eliquid on your fingers, wash them.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Hey dormouse......here is another one oxymoron... and no, I am not name calling..lol
The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjective-noun combination of two words. For example, the following line from Tennyson's Idylls of the King contains two oxymorons:

"And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."


or


jumbo shrimp or
little big man

 

[kittypie]

Thanks y'all. I am drinking more water and smearing a protective ointment on my lips and my philtrum I've been using V4L PG, I may toy with mixing my own to help the problem.

 

[player30]

Carmex or vaseline will help, and drink alot ALOT of fluid.
No, I don't feel sorry for you; you have taken a great step, and a little chapped philtrum is minor.

Best wishes!

 

[dormouse]

I use V4L. Thin juice does seem to make the cartos last longer. Try just not frenching the vapor as much, and a bit of chapstick or moisture lotion on the spot for a couple of nights should help. And if the cartos are spitting at you - I like to use a plastic drip tip as a mouthpiece on the carto. And I make sure there is no loose juice in there. When I add juice to a carto I do it as intended, with the soft cap off and drip it into the stuffing. I make sure the threaded end is clean then blow into the threaded end to clear the air channel - I want to see light through there. Then I sop up any loose juice above the stuffing and may even press a pointed bit of tissue against the stuffing if it looks overly wet. I have gotten blisters on my tongue from a hot carto spitting after a refill so I clean then up well.

 

[classwife]

LOL !! Love it !! My philtrum broke out like crazy at first...have a tendency to swipe at it...kind of a nervous thing....I still give my face an extra wipe down before bed to make sure everything is off my face !...

 

[kittypie]

OK how embarrassing is it that I know what a philtrum is, but not what frenching is (when it comes to vaping).

 

[dormouse]

French inhale is you bring the vapor into your mouth then open your mouth an inhale it though your nose.

It is great for getting the aroma of vapor which is a necessary clue to the flavor, but if overdone, especially I think with high PG juices, you can get some irritation.

 

[kittypie]

Nope, not frenching. I never was a sophisticated kitty.