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I've had the same experience in general. my lips often get chapped in sub freezing weather, but that hasn't happened this year.

now once some designer/fashion gets a wind of it, the masks will become a new niche clothing item - a nose/lips warmer like say ear mufflers.

Masks are a part of fashion in Asia already - habitual mask wearing in public has been a thing at least since SARS.