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

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   In the most severe cases, some people have a bad taste in their mouths and difficulty eating. Sores can sometimes open and bleed if left untreated. To alleviate the pain and dryness, you might ...

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. ‘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 ...

6. Do lip balms dry out your lips?

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   What causes dry lips? “The combination of cold weather and low humidity is the reason most people struggle with dry lips — particularly in the winter,” says Dr. Devina Mehta, ...

7. Xerostomia - Wikipedia

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   Dry mouth, [1] dry mouth syndrome [2] 3D medical illustration still showing decreased or insufficient functioning of salivary glands. Xerostomia , also known as dry mouth , is a subjective complaint of dryness in the mouth , which may be associated with a change in the composition of saliva , or reduced salivary flow, or have no identifiable ...

8. How to Avoid Chapped Lips This Winter, According to ... - AOL

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9. Lip licker's dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   Cold, dry, or hot wind and weather environments can harden and roughen up the red part of the lips, causing people to develop habitual lip licking to pick at the scales and flakiness that form. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] Lip chewing, thumb sucking, or excessive drooling can also initiate the inflammatory response.