Discolored Lips

[professionalgirl]

About a year ago, i randomly began losing the pink color in my lips. At first I thought it would just heal on its own,but it hasn't. My outer lips range in a blue-purplish color and i have a few black spots on my inner lip. I really don't know what is wrong. I have never smoked or done drugs in my whole life (18 years). I admit I love coffee, I have it about once sometimes twice a day. I rarely go out in the sun/cold weather , but if i do it is not for long periods of time. I have been to a doctor about it when it first happened and he said it was nothing to worry about and it would heal on its own. But i believe now it has become way worse. I have tried chapstick, petroleum jelly. I try to get in a lot of water in my body, but water is not always completely accessible at all times.  I want to visit my doctor again but I am not able to do for reasons that are personal.  I try not to let it bother me, but I feel so self-conscious. Whenever people comment on them I just want to burst out in tears. SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ANY AT-HOME TREATMENTS , PLEASE SAY SO IT WILL BE A GREAT HELP. ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS RELATED PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN. I WOULD APPRECIATE GREATLY. Please help me , I am going crazy!

[sarahm2009]

Hi, ok it seems like iv had the same problem as you....since march iv had this problem, would be really dry but now is discoloried with a dark bownish tint, it lioooks like dirt on my lips basically...it does make me selc concious too, i went to a dermatologist and they said its POst-inflammatory hyperpigmenation on my lips from an contact dermatisi. i dont know exactly wut that means but basically its hyperpigmenation on my lips, she said there is no wway to get rid of it, just time, but its been 6 months and i really dont kno wut to do as its emabarassing etc....maybe we can try helping eachother if its the same problem?