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

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   Angular cheilitis typically starts with a red dry patch on the corners of the mouth. ... the skin can soften and lighten in color, Dr. Batra says. If the skin gets too irritated, it can break ...

3. 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 ...

4. Cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   The inflammation may include the perioral skin (the skin around the mouth), the vermilion border, or the labial mucosa. [1] The skin and the vermilion border are more commonly involved, as the mucosa is less affected by inflammatory and allergic reactions. [1] Cheilitis is a general term, and there are many recognized types and different causes.

5. 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. The rash may extend as far as the tongue can reach and ...

6. ‘I’m a Dermatologist and *This* Is the Most Common Dry-Lip ...

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   If you’ve got chronically dry lips, Caren Campbell, MD, a California-based board-certified dermatologist, says you may be suffering from lip licker’s dermatitis. “When our lips are dry, we ...

7. 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 ...