Angular cheilitis can look like swollen or red patches at the corners of your mouth. It’s caused by a variety of things, including saliva buildup, bacterial infections, smoking, and vitamin B ...

Cheilitis is a group of inflammatory conditions that cause the skin of the lips to become red, dry, scaling, and itchy. There are many possible causes of cheilitis, including infections ...

Angular cheilitis is a type of mouth sore that appears at the corners of the mouth. Also known as angular stomatitis and perlèche, this condition can cause swollen, red patches in the corners and ...

Cheilitis simplex (run-of-the-mill chapped lips) can usually be healed with at-home remedies like drinking more water and using nonirritating lip balms. But if your chapped lips are severe ...

But one cause of chapped lips that even the most hydrating of lip balms won’t help? Angular cheilitis, an inflammatory condition characterized by cracked, red, and sore mouth corners.

Angular cheilitis causes pain and inflammation in one or both mouth corners. Self-care tips that may help include using prescription and over-the-counter medications and getting more iron and ...

Actinic cheilitis causes dryness and thickening typically along the lower vermillion border, which is the line that separates the lips from the skin of the face. Symptoms can include tenderness ...

But, more than likely, this dryness and crusting is an inflammatory skin condition called angular cheilitis, or AC. AC is commonly mistaken for cold sores. It can also resemble chapped lips ...

Actinic Cheilitis After Treatment Surgical treatments like cryosurgery, vermilionectomy, and laser ablation therapy cause scars and wounds on lips. Healing of scars might take some time. Wounds ...

This study examined the prevalence of toothpaste allergy as a cause of cheilitis among Israeli patients. We added the use of a toothpaste patch test to lower the rates of false-positive and false ...

According to Anna Middleton, dental hygienist and founder of London Hygienist, a vitamin B deficiency can lead to angular cheilitis. READ MORE: The popular drink that could increase mouth cancer ...