Lips going purple when drinking red wine

[marmaduke]

My friend Keith's lips always go purple when he drinks red wine; is there anything he can do to stop this from happening? He doesn't wipe his lips before and after every sip/gulp.

[smudge]

Perhaps he could keep a stick of unflavoured Lip Seal in his pocket for when he does fancy red wine. Hope that helps.

[Janpot]

Stop drinking red wine.

[rja211077]

wipe/lick his lips after every sip/gulp, perhaps?

[Shire]

This happens to me as well, and the only answer is to drink more wine, so that you forget about it!  But seriously, I found that licking my lips doesn't make any difference, never tried wiping before and after very sip though.  I like the lip-salve idea though, as I get quite dry lips and presumably the wine gets in the cracks in the skin and causes the staining.  I also brush my lips gently with my toothbrush when I clean my teeth in the evening after drinking red wine, and at least that gets rid of it for the next morning.

[Clare A]

It happens to all of us. Let Keith keep his little 'wine horns' - this is what I call the marks that appear on each end of the upper lip! A good scrub with a flannel sees them off.

[harri]

well keith,

well im sure you would rather your lips look red and healthy rather than pale and weak!