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Chapped lips (also known as cheilitis simplex [5] or common cheilitis) [6] is characterized by the cracking, fissuring, and peeling of the skin of the lips, and is one of the most common types of cheilitis. [5] [7] While both lips may be affected, the lower lip is the most common site. [7]
When a player is deprived of the opportunity to recuperate after a period of extensive playing, the simple matter of swollen lips is not allowed to heal, and the player is forced to work harder to compensate for diminished lip strength. Eventually, the player's facial muscles may collapse under the strain of playing. [3]
Early, acute lesions may be erythematous (red) and edematous (swollen). [2] 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.
“My lip felt swollen to me.” It reminded her of how some women’s lips swell when they’re pregnant, and Sheppard was, after all, in her last week of pregnancy with twins.
Plasma cell cheilitis usually involves the lower lip. [3] The lips appear dry, atrophic and fissured. [7] Angular cheilitis is sometimes present. [7] Where the condition involves the tongue, there is an erythematous enlargement with furrows, crenation and loss of the normal dorsal tongue coating. [7]
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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 .