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  2. 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]

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

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    When the skin on your lips, which is already thin and sensitive, comes in continuous contact with saliva, it increases dryness, irritation, and skin breakdown. So, licking your lips can make it worse.

  4. A Head-to-Toe Guide to Treating Dry Skin - AOL

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    If the thin, delicate skin in that area gets dry and itchy, it can be a sign of a product allergy or irritation, he says. Lips If your lips are very dry and cracked, start by using a damp ...

  5. Angular cheilitis - Wikipedia

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    It can also be itchy or painful. [2] The condition can last for days to years. [2] Angular cheilitis is a type of cheilitis (inflammation of the lips). [6] Angular cheilitis can be caused by infection, irritation, or allergies. [2] Infections include by fungi such as Candida albicans and bacteria such as Staph. aureus. [2]

  6. 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 .

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Plasma cell gingivitis - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the lips, the gums and the tongue can simultaneously be involved, and some authors have described this triad as a syndrome ("plasma-cell gingivostomatitis"). [3] The mucous membranes of the genitals can also be involved by a similar condition, termed " plasma cell balanitis " [ 2 ] or " plasma cell vulvitis ".