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2. What’s With the Dry, Cracked Corners of Your Mouth ... - AOL

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   Maceration of the skin is common with AC—meaning the skin can soften and lighten in color, Dr. Batra says. If the skin gets too irritated, it can break apart and bleed. Other symptoms include:

3. Cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   Counterintuitively, constant licking of the lips causes drying and irritation, and eventually the mucosa splits or cracks. [2] The lips have a greater tendency to dry out in cold, dry weather. [citation needed] Digestive enzymes present in the saliva may also irritate the lips, and the evaporation of the water in saliva saps moisture from them. [8]

4. Angular cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   The term "cheilocandidiasis" describes exfoliative (flaking) lesions of the lips and the skin around the lips, and is caused by a superficial candidal infection due to chronic lip licking. [14] Less severe cases occur during cold, dry weather, and is a form of chapped lips. Individuals may lick their lips in an attempt to provide a temporary ...

5. The best lip scrubs for dry, cracked lips, according to experts

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   Frank Body Coffee Lip Scrub $ at frankbody. For severely dry or chapped lips, try this lip scrub from Frank Body, which comes recommended by Garcia. The two exfoliants (sugar and coffee grounds ...

6. Actinic cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   With months and years of sun exposure, the lesion becomes chronic and may be grey-white in color and appear dry, scaly and wrinkled. [2] There is thickening whitish discoloration of the lip at the border of the lip and skin. There is also a loss of the usually sharp border between the red of the lip and the normal skin, known as the vermillion ...

7. Xerostomia - Wikipedia

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   Xerostomia is the subjective sensation of dry mouth, which is often (but not always) associated with hypofunction of the salivary glands. [3] The term is derived from the Greek words ξηρός (xeros) meaning "dry" and στόμα (stoma) meaning "mouth". [4] [5] A drug or substance that increases the rate of salivary flow is termed a sialogogue.

8. How to Get Rid of That Painful, Annoying Pimple on Your Lip - AOL

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   Just note that retinoids can be irritating at first, especially on an already-sensitive area like your lips, so start slowly: After moisturizing at night, smooth on the tiniest, grain-size dab of ...

9. Lip licker's dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   Lip licker's dermatitis is a type of skin inflammation around the lips due to damage by saliva from repetitive lip licking and is classified as a subtype of irritant contact cheilitis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The resulting scaling, redness , chapping , and crusting makes a well-defined ring around the lips .