Peeling upper lip and inner mouth lesion

Recently I did some heavy kissing with a new guy.  The next day or two my lips were very chapped and peeling and I had painless mouth lesions (similar to very thin mouth ulcers but painless) on the inside of my upper/lower lips.  What is this...I have never had this before.  

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,

Without examination, it is difficult to confirm a diagnosis, but from your description it looks like a mucocele. It is a rubbery, bubblelike painles swelling. It is usually inside the lower lip, under the tongue or the inside of mouth and caused mainly by biting the lips or trauma. Usually it goes away on its own.But if it does not,then corticosteroid injections and surgical removal by scalpel or laser are done by a dermatologist. It then has to be differentiated from cold sores which are caused by herpes simplex 1 virus.

I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.