Are you currently dealing with the pain of chapped lips and discomfort and pain when you smile, speak, or eat?  Are there sores and cracks around the corners of your mouth?  If so, you are very likely suffering from the symptoms of Angular Cheilitis.

While it may seem very important to address the issue because of the obviously embarrassing social implications, it is even more important to learn an effective means of treatment that can quickly relieve and eliminate the pain and irritation caused by this condition.

What Is Angular Cheilitis?

Angular Chelilitis, otherwise known as Cheilosis, Angular Stomatitis, or Perleche, is a medical condition that generally appears in the form of lesions, cracks or fissures around the corners of the mouth.  Every year millions of people suffer from this painful skin condition.  Effective treatment eludes many people because they fall short in identifying and addressing the underlying cause of the problem.

Given this information, it is crucially important to identify the root cause of your skin condition.  If you fail to determine the underlying cause of the condition, it will be virtually impossible to eliminate the problem for good.

Common Causes

Here’s a list of some of some the leading causes of Perleche:

·       Bacterial infection

·       Poor fitted dentures or mouth accessories

·       Nutritional or vitamin deficiency

·       Cold weather

·       Overexposure to the sun

·       Fungal infection

·       Poor hygiene           

·       Smoking

·       Lip licking

Treatment Options

The initial signs of Angular Cheilitis may require little more than than eating a more balanced diet or applying a lip balm.  But should you leave the dryness, redness, and cracking of the corner of the lips unattended, you will require a more comprehensive treatment to heal Angular Cheilitis.