The road to realizing I had angular cheilitis was rough. At first I thought I just had a really bad case of chapped lips. It was winter, after all, and I’m not a die-hard lip-balm user. But no matter ...

ARE MY LIPS just really chapped? Do I have cold sores? These questions probably come to mind when you notice painful cracks in the corners of your mouth. But, more than likely, this dryness and ...

Have you ever noticed the corners of your mouth becoming dry or cracked? If you ignore it thinking it must be due to wind or cold weather, you must stop it right away. This can be due to a condition ...

Dear Dr. Reitz: During the cold dry winter months, I frequently develop red sore cracking in the corners of my mouth. Moisturizers don’t improve the situation. What causes this problem, and is there a ...

Vitamin B12 deficiency: Painful symptom found on both sides of the mouth – what to spot VITAMIN B12 deficiency can quickly escalate to anaemia - a lack of healthy red blood cells, which means that ...

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 ...

The painful, cracked corners of your mouth, often referred to as angular cheilitis, can be a sign of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency. Riboflavin is essential for maintaining healthy skin, as it ...

Basia Wirkus from Poland asked this question. And here is Dr. Carsten Lekutat’s answer. In the winter, many people suffer from dry skin, chapped lips, and even small cracks in the corner of the mouth.

The road to realising I had angular cheilitis was rough. At first I thought I just had a really bad case of chapped lips. It was winter, after all, and I’m not a die-hard lip-balm user. But no matter ...

READ MORE Cracks at the corner of the mouth This is a common symptom indicating a deficiency of B vitamins along with iron and zinc. This problem is mostly seen among vegetarians since they do not eat ...