Eli5: where does chapstick / lip balm go?

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I’ve been in a meeting for around 4 hours and have had to reapply lip balm (I use aquaphore) about 6 times. I’m not drinking or talking, and not licking my lips. Where is it going?

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Ok ok, but what does “absorbed” actually mean? Decomposed and pulled through cell membranes? Pulled into bloodstream and circulated around the body? What happens to the molecules? They stay intact? Broken up? Metabolized? Used as construction materials? Inquiring minds want to know.

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