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Why Regular Medication With Antibiotics Does Not Work for Angular Cheilitis

Angular Cheilitis is mainly a skin disease provoked by the excessive moisture present in the crests, folds or wrinkles around the lips, especially from the corners of the mouth. This moisture digs into the skin causing cracks and lesions which later on become infected and form pus. From here on is just a vicious circle, in which the infection expands causing skin to crack even more, while these cracks provide more space for the infection to grow and develop faster. When having to deal with such a […]

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Don’t Lick Your Lips When You Have Angular Cheilitis

Angular Cheilitis, also known as angular stomatitis or cheilosis is a skin condition which involves the apparition of some cracks in the skin, especially in the corners of the mouth and in the skin surrounding the mouth. These cracks grow deeper and deeper and in time may even start to bleed and transform into sores. There are two main external causes from which this condition may appear. The first one is because of the existence of some skin folds around the mouth which favor the accumulation of […]

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