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Daughter gets very dry skin around whole mouth frequently. gets red, flaky, sore & cracks. only 12. cause & preventive help?

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Dr. Shah Chowdhury answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

DRY SKIN: If it is in winter months only, just put extra moisturizers, the best one will be vaseline. Too much use of chap sticks on and around dry, cracked/chapped/fissured lips can sometime make it worse. If the condition is throughout all year, then better take her to a dermatologist to find out the cause.

Answered 3/23/2015

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