Sore Upper Lip

@Poppo I also get dry, cotton mouth (though admittedly probably for different reasons :see_no_evil::hear_no_evil::speak_no_evil:). I find having a nice cool glass of water by my side helps tremendously to keep my mouth fresh and moist.

Maybe this seems too obvious, but I also have had sore, dry lips after playing for a long time. Licking them seems to only make the problem worse and for some reason Iโ€™ve never been a fan of lip balms or Chapstick.

Maybe we need to just tough it out, keep a โ€œstiff upper lipโ€, but relaxed, as @Luke suggests :joy: and build up callouses on our lips as guitar players do on their fingers :joy:. Just kidding, that sounds painful hahaha.

Water works best for me to keep my lips slip sliding along da harp :wink:.

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