Very swollen lips and light blistering, yellow scabbing.

[alphadelta]

So, my lips were already chapped (always in winter) but the corner of my  mouth even split so I've been using the medicated chap stick liberally.  I have no known allergies and am a male, 32.  Yesterday I woke up after going out for the night and in the dark when I awoke I could feel my lips were swollen tremendously.  About 3 to 4 times their size and looked like tiny little blisters were forming all the way across them, almost unnoticeable unless looked at closely.  I thought my lower eye lids looked a little puffy too, but they didn't hurt.  I had to go to school so I kept putting the chapstick on all day because it was driving me cray to leave dry.  I must have used it every ten minutes or more frequent.  It seemed the first two hours of the morning the lip swelling went down just a little.  It was still bothering me though and I switched to vaseline all day and evening at home.  The skin got so soft from all this that it turned white and rubbed off when I rubbed my lips from the itching.  There is also a little numbness in the lip with the pain on the outside.  I think it started to swell up again some more that night, I used ice for a while and it went down slightly.  I woke up today though and they were just about or as big as yesterday morning.  My eyelids look about 100% normal, they were never really bad.  My lip is all blistery looking like tiny sunburn bubbles all over the lip that you still have to look closely to see but It is scabbed over a bit kind of yellowish.  Could just be the raw part healing over but it hurts and is definitely swollen awkwardly, just bulging all over the place and i can feel the tightness.  There is kind of a sore in the center area inside the upper lip that was there from the start of this. I traced what could cause this and all I can think of is I shaved my shin and around my mouth with a cheap razor (my chin's a little irritated and bumpy but not nothing like my lips).  That night I ate chicken alfredo and a salad, and I don't think that caused it.  I am really freaked out and have been looking online (I know not the best thing to do) at things such as allergies, Cheilitis, and staph infections and am wondering what this is and what it usually is.  I have no other symptoms, mouth throat swelling etc.  Just pressing my lips together slightly makes them hurt inside and out like I got punched or something.  I feel like I have to keep something on them cuz of the dryness pain but don't want to aggravate it.  Already skipped two important college quizzes right before finals because I felt like I couldn't leave the house from irritation and how i look today. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[TiredOfGirlyProblems]

Omg, so this sounds like what I have one I have a slightly less severe version! Do you know if you get cold sores? I thought that these bumps were just cold sores, but it's not getting better after a week, and I keep getting more blisters, also almost unnoticeable unless you look real cl

[alphadelta]

Thank you I hadn't replied back, but after it happening two more times on Thursday mornings, I realized there must be some kind of food allergen at a place I had started eating at on Wednesday nights.  Once I stopped eating at that kitchen, it never happened again although I still don't know what caused it because I had several different menu items leading me to believe it is something used all over their kitchen such as a sanitizer perhaps.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Firstly,It can be due to vit B deficiency.Take some vitamin B complex for some days and see if your symptoms improve.
Secondly,it can be due to contact dermatitis to lipsticks.Take some over the counter antihistaminic like benadryl or Claritin and see if it helps. Last possibility is of cold sores. Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus. The first symptoms of cold sores may include pain around your mouth and on your lips, a fever, a sore throat, or swollen glands in your neck or other parts of the body.

I suggest you to get it examined from a dermatologist to confirm the diagnosis.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.