Developed Dry Lips With Tiny White Bumps After Eating. What Could Be This?

Posted on Fri, 14 Jun 2013

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Question : Hello after i ate i developed dry lips with tiny bumps that look white..I dont know if it was the food that i at which was a cheeseburger from mcdonalds but this has never happened..I felt like a burning when i was eating it so i really dont know if it was the burger itself or if i was developing the dry lips

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (2 hours later)

Hello,
Thanks for the query and photograph,
You have developed an allergic reaction, to probably any constituent of the food.
Dont worry its not a serious problem.
Apply a mild steroid cream like hydrocortisone mixed with petroleum jelly.
This will take care of both inflammation as well as dryness.

Let me know, if you have any other doubts.
Wishing you a good health.
Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar