Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Key Takeaways Cheilitis is an inflammation of the lips that can be caused by sun damage, cosmetics, or saliva.Symptoms of cheilitis include dry, red, painful, ...

Background: Allergic contact cheilitis may appear after exposure to different substances, including dental materials, toothpastes, cosmetics, foods and medications. Objective: To compare the rate of ...

Causes of cheilitis: Your lips can crack any time of the year, often flaring during illness, vitamin and mineral deficiencies (B vitamins, iron, zinc), or prolonged exposure to irritants (Image: ...

Cracked skin, bleeding sores, dry lips — these are the types of things we use lip balm to prevent, especially in the winter. But some people are saying that not only did their EOS lip balm not prevent ...

Just like chapped lips, it's easy to associate the development of dry, crusty patches on the corners of our mouths with exposure to extreme cold and dryness. But it turns out that those flaky patches ...

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 ...