why are my lips are always chapped? is it normal? and is there any way to treat it?

Question

I can feel the pain from nerve damage run down my head or wherever it is at the moment. Is this pain treatable and what damage is this causing?

Answer 1

Chapped lips can be: due to sun damage, licking your lips and overall dry skin. Try using lip sunscreens during the day and lip repair with silymarin at night.

Answer 2

No: Cleft lips and cleft palates are surgically corrected by a cranio-facial reconstruction team that includes oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, ear-nose-throat surgeons, etc... Later, dentists and orthodontists straighten the teeth and add teeth implants if needed.

Answer 3

No: Plastic surgeon or maxilla-facial surgeon is the doctor of choice.

Answer 4

Sometimes: There are oral maxillofacial surgeons who are trained to do cleft palate and even cleft lip repairs. This specialty is a dental specialty and the vast majority are dentists. So, the answer is a complicated "sometimes".

Answer 5

Yes: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are dentists that continue their training to include facial surgeries and repairs. Many cleft teams are run by dentists but also include plastic surgeons and ents.

Answer 6

Cleft lip repair: Oral surgeons and or orofacial plastic surgeons can fix cleft lips. general dentists are not qualified to do this

Answer 7

Yes: Yes, smoking not only cause wrinkles around your mouth, it causes wrinkles elsewhere on your face.

Answer 8

Yes: The more you purse your lips, the more you will break the lines down in your skin... Treatment usually consists of laser or chemical peel, botox, and possibly fillers like juvederm or restylane (dermal fillers). Best advice = stop smoking.

Answer 9

Yes: Smoking speeds up the normal aging process leading to wrinkles. This occurs as early as 5-10 years after starting smoking & the effects are magnified with sun exposure. The skin damage is from the nicotine which causes narrowing of the blood vessels impairing blood flow to your skin leading to decreased oxygen, nutrients & vitamins. Also collagen & elastin fibers are damaged by toxins in smoke.

Answer 10

Botox,fillers,laser: Depending on how deep your wrinkles are, lines around the lip can be treated with a combination of Botox (reducing pursing motion of the lips), fillers (injections into the deeper lines), and laser resurfacing to address the fine lines.

Answer 11

Laser/Chem/Botox: I like to start with laser options (true resurfacing) for the best chance at "correction". Chemical peels can be utilized too, but sometimes lasers are more predictable. In some circumstances fillers can help to camouflage lip lines, but are certainly not a magic wand for this application. Botox can help with wear and tear if you chronically purse your lips out of habit (or smoking).

Answer 12

Wrinkles on lips: Retin- a, dermabrasion, carbon dioxide laser, fraxel restore laser, fraxel repair laser, fraxel clear and brilliant laser, portrait plasma resurfacing, and minute doses of Botox in some patients, as an off-label procedure can help. Restylane (dermal fillers) and juvederm fillers can help too. No smoking and use sunscreen.

Answer 13

Erbium lase: Scitpn fractionated erbium os another option with a fast healing tome of 3-4 days. The period of redness is limited compared to carbon dioxide lasers. Deeper wrinkles may require more than one session with a fractionated laser. Erbium can be isedon darker skin types.

Answer 14

Laser, Botox, filler: Carbon dioxide (co2) laser is best for deep wrinkles. Fractional co2 (active fx, deepfx, re:pair) good for moderate wrinkles. Erbium laser and fraxel (re:store, re:fine) for milder wrinkles and also safer on darker skin. Chemical acid peels (moderate to deep) are an option. Fillers (ie: restylane, (dermal fillers) juvederm) and Botox may also be necessary.

Answer 15

Fillers: Lips thin with age due to loss of volume on the face. This causes a turning in of the lip. Add volume to lips by using fillers like juvederm or Restylane (dermal fillers) to help define and augment them.

Answer 16

Badly: Smoking affects "lip lines" in two ways: 1. The repetitive movement around the lips as a result of puckering repetitvely can lead to vertical lines around the mouth. 2. More importantly, smoking can lead to elastic fiber and collagen degeneration in the skin, which as a result, can lead to sagging and wrinkling of the perioral skin.

Answer 17

Dries and ages them: The lips are basically composed of the same tissue as the rest of your skin, at least on the surface, and smoking's effects on reducing skin elasticity and causing premature aging and wrinkling are seen in the lips as well. There also may be darkening of the lips. There is every reason to stop smoking, even just for your ego and to look and feel better. Stopping will help u live longer/healthier.

Answer 18

Pallor (pale): Can be a reaction to cold and vasoconstriction to keep warm, or pallor can indicate anemia. Blue lips, cyanosis, can indicate lack of oxygenation, a sign of pulmoanry or heart problems. However, check with your doctor to figure this out rather than looking in the mirror.

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