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cracking of outer corner of lips

ksanchez567 — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:42:32 GMT

hi dr murad What do you recommend for constant cracking of the outer corners of the lip. Your advice is appreciated.

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

RAWRitsRED — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 21:43:42 GMT

I hate to break it to you but Dr. Murad isn't actually a doctor that works at or for Sephora. Howard Murad is a pharmacist and professor at UCLA college who founded the Dr. Murad brand.

But from my personal experience, I found to love using Vaseline on and around my lips. It really helps moisturize my lips when they get dry.

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

Freyabell — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:22:45 GMT

I'm not Dr. Murad but I'm a fan of bold lipsticks but my lips do peel a little. I use a sugar scrub on them at night (I'm a fan of Lush ones because you can just lick it off) followed by . In the morning I'll do the scrub again and then put on before I put lipstick on. This seems to help me!

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

RGbrown — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 22:05:51 GMT

@RAWRitsREDUnidentified

Dr Murad was hosting a live chat here on BIC on the date this question was originally posted. I'd assume the OP simply made a mistake by posting a new thread instead of posting their question in the chat thread.

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Trending-Now/Live-Chat-with-Dr-Murad/m-p/3658848#M46166

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

RGbrown — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 22:22:22 GMT

@ksanchez567Unidentified

I used to have constant cracking at the corners of my lips as well, and it turned out I was having sensitivity issues with the lip balm I was trying to fix it with (which was continually making it worse!). I was using Burt's Bees original (peppermint)...had been using it daily for years...and was mighty confused as to what was going on when I literally woke up one morning with the corners of my lips cracked so badly it hurt to breathe through my mouth. I tried all sorts of other balms, and even Abreva for cold sores, but the peppermint balm stayed in rotation because I didn't suspect it as the problem. Nothing helped until the day I finished it off and swapped to another flavor...that's when the light bulb went off. After a month of clear lips, I tried the peppermint again as a test, and sure enough, the corners of my lips were painfully cracked within a couple of days. I desperately miss mint lippies, but use them very sparingly now since I just can't handle them anymore ☹️

Since mint is the only difference between my old peppermint balm and my current Burt's Bees pomegranate, I know the mint itself is the cause for me. If you have any regular lip items, like a balm or a certain gloss you wear every day, etc, I'd recommend trying to swap up lip products and see if different ingredients make a difference...it could very well be a simple problem to clear up.

My favorite lip treatment for overall smoothness and less peeling is Clarins Lip Oil; used once a day, it's magic!

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

GG84 — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 23:15:42 GMT

@RGbrown

That's some great advice. Who would have thought?

@ksanchez567

To give another option, if this is still an issue (as I realize this was posted quite a while ago) you may want to see your doctor. It could be a condition known as Angular Cheilitis.

Re: cracking of outer corner of lips

Cyncynn — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 23:55:59 GMT

I would suspend whatever lip product you've been using and apply only vaseline or aquaphor to your lips until they are healed.

I was about to mention cheilitis actually, but someone beat me to it 🙂 Cheilitis can be due to bacteria or fungus.

Make sure you are kinda keeping up to date with the expiration day of your lipsticks. If it changes even a little bit, smell, color, texture just throw it out.

A few years ago I kept having cracked outer corner of the lips and a change of texture in the centre of the lips. I did go to the doctor and it was related to fungus. After it healed I went back on wearing my lip products and the condition returned. After I threw most of my lip stuff away (and repeated the treatment) it finally went away!

cracking of outer corner of lips

sarahshter — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:10:06 GMT

I've had this happen once in a while and cortisone ointment in a small amount helped me.