TRUMPET HELP!? Can I wear chapstick while playing Trumpet? Or can it mess up something inside your trumpet?

My lips hurt alot when I play trumpet cause I have braces, and chapstick eases the pain alot. Is it okay to wear chapstick while playing trumpet? Or can it mess up something inside your trumpet or mothpiece?

TRUMPET HELP!? Can I wear chapstick while playing Trumpet? Or can it mess up something inside your trumpet?
Chapstick won't hurt anything inside of your instrument. Chapstick is not sugar-based and won't rot anything inside of your trumpet (if you don't wash it). The only thing about Chapstick is that you risk moving your embouchure and developing a faulty one over time. If your braces hurt, it's probably because your placing too much pressure on your mouth. You should be able to play the trumpet with the least about of physical pressure on your lips and teeth. The stronger that your lips muscles are, the less you'll need to rely on pulling the trumpet into your mouth to play the notes. You won't hurt your lips and you will slowly develop a stronger jaw/embouchure.


Now, while you are developing more strength with less pressure on your lips while playing, I do recommend that you apply Orajel onto the areas where it hurts the most. Just a tiny bit will do you don't want your whole mouth falling asleep. Hope this helps.
Reply:They make rolls of soft wax that you can put on your braces while you play. You can order it or buy it at a band/instrument supply store. - Kevin Report It

Reply:I wouldn't if I were you!....If spit can go into your trumpet, surely that chapstick will. Plus, who wants to have their lips slip off the trumpet while they play?.....My advice is to apply it after you play, or an hour before.
Reply:It isn't wise. Like what some people said, anything that you eat drink or apply to your lips will end up inside the mechanisms of your instrument. If you decide to still wear it, you might end up having to give your trumpet a good cleaning very often.
Reply:If I were you I wouldn't do it. Think of it this way. Anything that you eat or drink within thirty to an hour of playing your trumpet will end up inside of it and that's kinda grouse.
Reply:no silly it wont mess anything up unless you make it really thick!
Reply:Don't do it! It will eat away the protective lining of the mouthpice, and your face will be exposed to molten sound!!!!!
Reply:no i doubt it...

lily garden