Why is the skin around my mouth so dry
Dermatology Answers : Home Remedies for Dry Skin Around the Mouth
hi this is dr. Loretta sarado from dr.
Loretta calm board-certified
dermatologist and author of six weeks to
sensational skin let's talk about home
remedies for dry skin around the mouth
and the first thing I'd like you to do
if you do have some dry skin around the
mouth is take a look in the mirror
because we like to divide the group of
people with dry skin around the mouth
into people who have red dry skin or a
non red dry skin if your skin is both
red and dry then there's a very good
chance that what you're suffering from
is some long-term or chronic allergy to
a product that you use around your mouth
this would typically be toothpaste which
may have some cinnamon or cinemate
derivatives in it this can also be the
whitening strips we do see some people
now who are getting problems with the
strip's
rarely but it can happen it can also be
dental floss and the lipstick so if
you're red and dry first try to
determine the culprit be a little bit of
a Sherlock Holmes and say to this
problem started at such-and-such time
what can I do you may want to just
switch to baking soda toothpaste now if
the problem is just dry and it's not
accompanied by redness then I'm going to
suggest that you sleep with something
like vaseline or aquaphor on your lips
every single night if this alone doesn't
work after about a week please see a
board-certified dermatologist
