The mouth licking

Licking your lips seems like the natural thing to do when they start to get dry and chapped. This can actually make dryness worse. The skin on the lips is thin and delicate. It needs extra care to avoid drying out, especially during the cold winter months.

DermNet provides Google Translate, a free machine translation service. Note that this may not provide an exact translation in all languages. January Other names for lip licker's dermatitis are lip-lick cheilitis, irritant contact cheilitis due to lip-licking, lip-licking eczema , saliva-induced contact dermatitis and irritant contact dermatitis due to saliva. Lip licker's dermatitis. In some patients, difficulty with impulse control or cognitive impairment contributes to compulsive lip-licking [4,5].

Lip licker's dermatitis is a type of skin inflammation around the lips due to damage by saliva from repetitive lip licking and is classified as a subtype of irritant contact cheilitis. The rash may extend as far as the tongue can reach and usually does not occur at the corners of the mouth. It commonly occurs during winter months but some people can have it year-round if lip licking is a chronic habit. Lip licker's dermatitis differs from perioral dermatitis , which spares the vermillion border. It is treated with simple moisturizers, emollients , and sometimes topical steroids , while perioral dermatitis is worsened by topical steroids.

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