Pucker Up, Buttercup

I heard a very alarming report on King 5's Healthlink with Jean Enerson last night. It's something that I want everyone to know so that they, too, can remedy the situation. That situation, my friends, is known as "water lips". Here's quote from the clip to clarify what "water lips" are. (It's not naughty, so get your mind out the gutter.)

"When you're drinking from a water bottle, you're pretty much making the same face as you are when you're smoking a cigarette," said Dr. Marilyn Berzin, dermatologist. "Basically, when you're smoking, you're pursing your lips in this position, and you're getting all the little ridges. Over time you get permanent lines that then remain and stay."

I almost fell off the comfortable corner of our sectional when I heard this news! I drink out of a straw top sports bottle ALL DAY LONG!

Dr. Berzin said that puckering up to drink from a straw repeatedly throughout the day creates the same mouth motion as smoking THREE packs of cigarettes a day! I'm in shock. I have to go get a wide mouth Nalgene bottle post haste.

Thank you, Jean Enerson, for this breaking news.