Hello Doctor,
For a while now I have had a lower lip that was drooping and chronically chapped. Recently, it has been getting worse. Not only are both of my lips chronically inflamed but my cheek-area is also inflamed as well. Its very disfiguring and creating alot of emotional stress. The lips are chronically red, dry, chapped. There seems to be almost like a "ring" around my mouth because my normal vermilion is visible it is almost like an extension of the lips (but it is a darker color then my actual lips). I've been to many different dermatologists but none can seem to put their finger on it. I've tried cortisone injections, different fungal/anti inflammatory creams, dieting, quitting smoking, and nothing has seemed to help the inflammation. I've been told it may possibly be cheilitis glandularis or granulomatosa?
Here is a picture:
The left side of my mouth seems to be the worst and it sometimes causes pressure on my upper left eye.
Thanks