Hey,
New here, anyways I really am having a problem that is driving me insane, for a bout a year I have had really bad chapped lips that just won't heal. At first it started as just a small white flim on the left side of my bottom lip, and slowly got worse. I figured it would heal on it's own and I tried just about every chapstick I could get my hands on. Nothing worked and it only seemed to get worse. Now I'm starting to get fordyce spots on my lips and I'm sure this is the cause. I'm guessing because of how tight my lips are and how they won't heal and are constantly drt. I used to have perfect lips and am not sure what caused this, though I do have braces, but this started before I got braces (I think.)
Now the outsides of my lips are starting to burn, and they constantly burn! Feels like I ate some hotwings or something.
Now my lips are like really TIGHT and not moist at all, I drink tons of water and it hasn't helped at all, I went to the dermatologist finally and he really didn't take to much interest, he gave me a prescription for Fluocinolone Acet 0.025% and said this will help and to come back in a month.
I'm starting to think there is some kind of infection or fungus or something, why is it burning? I told him this and it really didn't concern him much.
Do you have any idea what is causing this?
My lips do look kind of normal, but I have to keep something on them to keep them moist and they just won't return back to normal on their own. And I'm starting to get a lot of these fordyce spots on my top lip, like in the middle where my lip has a crease and along the area where my lips meet. I never had these before until all these problems.
Do you have any suggestions? Is there anyway I can get my lips tested to see what's really going on or maybe you can recommend something.
Another question is if I have those fordyce spots CO2 lasered off by a professional will they return?
This is really driving me insane, no idea what to do.
Would love some help, thanks in advance.
MG