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ARE MY LIPS just really chapped? Do I have cold sores? These questions probably come to mind when you notice painful cracks in the corners of your mouth. But, more than likely, this dryness and ...

The road to realizing I had angular cheilitis was rough. At first I thought I just had a really bad case of chapped lips. It was winter, after all, and I’m not a die-hard lip-balm user. But no matter ...

A closeup of a model's lips. There are all kinds of reasons your lips might be chapped. The universally annoying and uncomfortable situation of a dry, flaky, tight, cracked pout might be due to cold ...

Just like chapped lips, it's easy to associate the development of dry, crusty patches on the corners of our mouths with exposure to extreme cold and dryness. But it turns out that those flaky patches ...

Causes of cheilitis: Your lips can crack any time of the year, often flaring during illness, vitamin and mineral deficiencies (B vitamins, iron, zinc), or prolonged exposure to irritants (Image: ...

Q: My skin cracks at the corners of my mouth. It gets better, and then returns for no apparent reason. This has been going on for more than a year. What could be causing this condition? A: It sounds ...

What Are the Symptoms of Actinic Cheilitis? Also called sailor’s lip, farmer’s lip, or solar cheilosis, actinic cheilitis is a skin condition affecting your lips. It’s a form of actinic keratosis, ...