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What causes my mouth lips to crack quite often yet my water intake is normal?

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Dr. Leonard Grossman answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

See below: There are medical conditions that can make your lips chap, but you should first make sure that if the air is either cold or very dry, that you use a lip balm.

Answered 2/22/2013

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