This month Mid Brain reports on new cosmetic science stories while the Left and Right Brains take time off to work on the new Beauty Brains book.

Mid Brain reports:

We’ve blogged before about how your lips can become “addicted” to lip balm. But Neosporin has a new product that goes beyond just moisturizing to actually repairing dry, chapped lips.

Instead of just putting a barrier layer on top of unhealthy lips that temporarily moisturizes, this new technology addresses the root causes of unhealthy lips with patented technology.