My Lips Are Turning Black. How To Cure It?

Posted on Sun, 5 May 2013

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Question : My lips are turning black?

Answered by Dr. Prasad Akole (59 minutes later)

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I am Dr. Prasad Akole (Critical Care Expert- http://bit.ly/Dr-Prasad-Akole) and am glad to address to your query here.

Causes of blackening lips can be use of reaction to lipsticks/lip creams, smoking or addison’s disease. Excess of caffeine, tea can also affect. Sometimes bluish lips can be felt as blackish and may be due to low oxygenation (cyanosis).
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Do you smoke or drink too much coffee?

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