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Suggest Treatment For Chapped And Peeling Lip

Hi, the right corner top lip peeling and chapped. I have been dealing with this for a year. I thought stress. I went to my dr. he told me to mix (ringworm cream, Neosporin, and a non itchy cream) together for 4 wks 2x a day to see if helps if not he told me to contact a dermatologist. Well it hasn t really helped. Can you give me any suggestion?
Tue, 23 Dec 2014
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Hi,

Hi,

You seem to have chronic cheilitis. There may be erythema,dryness,mild scaling, fissuring and crusting. You might have mild pain,burning and itching. There may be some cause. Lip licking might exacerbate the disease. Sunrays exposure, cosmetics,lipstiks tooth paste, dusts...etc might be resposible. Vitamin B complex deficiencies,anaemia or nutritional inadequacy might cause the disease...You consult dermatologist for firm diagnosis and treatment of its cause.

Have blood tests to rule out any internal disease or vitamin deficiencies.

You may take folic acid 5 mg thrice a day with iron tab. Antibiotics may be needed if there is secondary bacterial infection. Apply antibitic cream with mild steroid like mpmetasone. You may avoid soap,cosmetics and lipstik for good and fast result.

You might get good result after few weeks. I hope this would help you in your treatment.

Thanks.

Dr. Ilyas Parel MD
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Suggest Treatment For Chapped And Peeling Lip

Hi, Hi, You seem to have chronic cheilitis. There may be erythema,dryness,mild scaling, fissuring and crusting. You might have mild pain,burning and itching. There may be some cause. Lip licking might exacerbate the disease. Sunrays exposure, cosmetics,lipstiks tooth paste, dusts...etc might be resposible. Vitamin B complex deficiencies,anaemia or nutritional inadequacy might cause the disease...You consult dermatologist for firm diagnosis and treatment of its cause. Have blood tests to rule out any internal disease or vitamin deficiencies. You may take folic acid 5 mg thrice a day with iron tab. Antibiotics may be needed if there is secondary bacterial infection. Apply antibitic cream with mild steroid like mpmetasone. You may avoid soap,cosmetics and lipstik for good and fast result. You might get good result after few weeks. I hope this would help you in your treatment. Thanks. Dr. Ilyas Parel MD