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Weather, diet, and health conditions can cause dry, cracked lips. Here's what causes peeling, chapped lips and how to heal them, according to dermatologists.
Exfoliative cheilitis presents with continuous peeling of the vermilion (outer) part of the lips. It may affect just one lip, usually the lower. The lip may look normal or red before the formation of the thickened surface layer.
To prevent and treat dry, chapped lips at home, follow these tips from board-certified dermatologists. While it may seem that dry, cracked lips are something you must live with until spring comes, you can have soft, supple lips year-round. Here’s what dermatologists recommend.
Exfoliative cheilitis: Continuous peeling of your lips caused by repetitive behaviors like lip-licking. Infective cheilitis: Viral or bacterial infection, like herpes simplex. Glandular cheilitis: Thickening of your salivary glands.
Exfoliative cheilitis is a rare subset of cheilitis involving the constant peeling of the lips. Normally associated with psychiatric disorders, it can be caused by picking at or biting the lips, creating a cycle of chronic lip peeling.
Chapped lips are very annoying and uncomfortable. Dermatologists explain some of the most common causes, plus how to treat dryness, peeling, and flaking.
On this week's Ask a Beauty Editor, Real Simple's beauty editor Hana Hong breaks down reasons why your lips are always dry, including being addicted to ChapStick, lip-licking, dehydration, vitamin deficiency, actinic cheilitis, and more.
1. Don't pick at your lips. While it may be tempting to peel the flakes and dead skin off your lips using your fingers for some quick relief, this practice actually perpetuates the lip-peeling problem. "Inevitably, you will tear into your healthy skin and make matters worse," Dr. Cheung says.
There are many possible causes of cheilitis, including infections, allergies, irritants, and even habitual behaviors like lip-licking. Cheilitis can usually be diagnosed with a review of your medical history and an examination of your mouth and lips.
Are you wondering what is causing your lips to peel? We asked an expert to share common causes of chapped, peeling lips, plus tips on how to treat them.