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A member asked:
What are symptoms of exfoliative chelitis?(im seeing a doctor tommorow to evaluate my lips)can over lips exfoliation cause this?
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Yes: You should never exfoliate your lips the skin is too thin and there are not enough sebaceous glands to tolerate this.
Answered 6/1/2015
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