Slit corners of mouth..

[ingy54]

Hi everybody, I'm so grateful to all the tips I've been getting from this forum but now I have a problem with splits at the corners of my mouth, I sometimes use vaseline or Daktarin gel but as soon as I stop using them they split again can anyone give me a tip on what to use, please!!Nice weekend to all, Ciao..

[Jozee]

I have the same problem. Like you I always have to have vasaline or chap stick on my mouth and corners of it. I just try to make sue I don't leave home without it. Maybe someone else will have a better idea. I've tried about everything!

[lighthouse33]

Hi ingy54,

I use Blistex Lip Medex on my lips and for the splits at the corners of my mouth.  I do it before bed but if I forget, the splits will return.  Both my mom and I use it and love it!

[waterbby100]

I keep a Burts Bees lip balm with me all the time. I put it on before bed every night. Lipstick was given up a few years ago for lip balm! I use a humidifier at night when the air is dry to help stop some of the dryness in nose and mouth. Try to make sure your vents for air or heat don't blow directly on you at night.

Kimber

[Meld256]

Hi ingy54,

Good ideas here...there's a few things to try to see what works best for you.  The Burts Bees products are good, as well as Blistex.  Biotene makes an oral gel I use a lot; it can usually be found in most Walgreen's or Walmart's. It's very soothing.  Those little cracks at the mouth corners can get really sore, can't they?  I get them from time to time, too.

Take care,
Melinda

[Linda196]

You may also want to try increasing your intake of Vitamin B, at least the Folic acid, and B12....one of the first symptoms of B deficiency is Cheilosis: Inflammation of the lips where there is scaling and fissures, usually first noted in the corners of the lips.

[Nancy60]

I asked my doctor about this once and he said it was chelitis (sp?) and had me start taking a multivitamin, it cleared up after a few weeks of taking the multivitamin (I had used carmex in the meantime but it always came back when I stopped the carmex).  I think Linda is right about the B vitamins, I remember reading somewhere it is a sign of vitamin deficiency.

Nancy

[Jellyb]

Hi there, I agree with Linda about the B vitamins, I was just reading about that

[ingy54]

Thanks for all your advice I don't live in the states so some products I can't find but I do use Biotene for my mouth so I shall try using it on my splits as well, best wishes to all.

[Liz D.]

I had Angular Chielitis as well and the only thing that cured it was a prescription of Lotrisone from my dentist.  It healed up in a few days.  If I don't use it regularly, my mouth will split again.

Liz D.

[Meld256]

Linda,

That's extremely good information. I haven't had the sore, split corners of my mouth for several months.  I wonder if it may be partially because I've recently been taking a multi-vitamin with folic acid and lots of B and B12.  Interesting...

[season]

Be very persistent with the lip balm until it clears up. Dab it on thru out the day and particularly at night.

[Patze]

I too got that the first few years of this mess, and I sure feel for you.  The corners split so often it was becoming a joke with the family (blood rolling down from a crack in your lip sure got the attention of one of my bosses ).

Like several of the others, one of the causes was my vitamin B levels being too low, and a sensitivity to petroleum products found in some lip balms.  Thankfully I haven't had one in a while, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that your doctor will figure out what is causing yours.

Hang in there -

Patze

[Shade]

You may also want to try increasing your intake of Vitamin B, at least the Folic acid, and B12....one of the first symptoms of B deficiency is Cheilosis: Inflammation of the lips where there is scaling and fissures, usually first noted in the corners of the lips.

How funny...the tv show, The Doctors just covered this today.

[Meld256]

That IS interesting, Shade.