Hi! :) I have Neurodermitis and due to some bad flares, I lost some pigment and definition on my lip borders over the years. They are usually quite full but during flares, my lips can literally shrink, have inflamed eczema patches, and damage the skin barrier. It literally looks like I have a frayed lip line now, making especially my upper lip look smaller and as if I have a slight double lip line without clear borders. 

I attached two pictures, one where you can see the fraying (excuse the dryness, that’s what lips with Neurodermitis look like without a flare when you don’t put balm on every hour!). And one where you can see where the lines actually sit when I circulate them. It might also be that my circulation itself isn’t the best due to EDS and vascular compressions, but it doesn’t cause the ill definition and fraying.

If I didn’t know that my lip line was very defined until my early twenties, without any missing pigment above the line, I would’ve thought it to be a double lip line. It looks like my lips aged too quickly actually. I do have some issues with lining them, but more in the opposite direction of double lip line issues.

(You can skip that if not interested): When I line them, I need to enhance the cupid‘s bow extra strong, because it protrudes (being the fullest part of my upper lip) directly in the area where there’s barely any pigment left. If I only line that part slightly and don’t fill it enough, it either looks like I have a moustache over an underpigmented area (when overlining them slightly) or you can barely see the cupid‘s bow in contrast to the rest. 

It looks…odd, also because the part that now has the least pigment but is the most protruding, gets naturally hit by the most light, making it look even worse.

Is there any way you‘d know of, that could bring back some definition and pigment to my liplines?

[Routine Help] Restoring lip pigment (Neurodermitis)?