blister in the inner outter lip by the corner

[mossab]

i got this blister looking bump on my inner outter upperlip it is a light fleshtone color shaped like a u its been here for a month it does not hurt and the only tingling i get is when im at work in a hot dry kitchen the kind of tingle u get before chapped lips and im kind of getting freaked out about it i dont know what it is ive kissed my kids and im kind of worried that it could be herpes or something real bad i would go see a doc but i have no insurance.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
From your symptoms the possibility of mucocele needs to be ruled out. 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 during eating of food.

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 other mucocutaneous lesions also.

I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

[mossab]

the only way u can see it is if i open my mouth