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Suggest Home Remedies For Treating White Patch On Lip

The area around the top part of my lip turned white during winter and never went away. It is oly like this around the top part where there was already a line that traces the lips but that line has turned white. Can you please tell me what it is and some home remedies to get rid of it?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Twitter Tue, 25 Nov 2014 Answered on
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Hi ,Welcome to the HCM.
Since there can be many causes of white patches,My opinion would be first your patch should be checked by a dermatologist,to rule out any autoimmune cause (vitiligo).You can apply honey with few drops of lemon it can be helpfull.
Hope my answer would be helpfull for you.
Dr.Maheshwari
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Suggest Home Remedies For Treating White Patch On Lip

Hi ,Welcome to the HCM. Since there can be many causes of white patches,My opinion would be first your patch should be checked by a dermatologist,to rule out any autoimmune cause (vitiligo).You can apply honey with few drops of lemon it can be helpfull. Hope my answer would be helpfull for you. Dr.Maheshwari