who told you there is no cure? have u been to every specialist dermatologist and doctor in the country? i think not, therfore don't go alarming people just because you've given up!

Your right when you put a product on the lips will peel off easier
because they become moist.I have this same problem since i was in
high school i am now 40 years old.It's been a long rough road through hell.

Do you have any further information on the study being done in London? I have been told by a Derm that has successfully treated cheilitis exfoliative that it should subside spontanously after underlying anxiety issues are addressed? Have you ever heard anything like that before?

Wow, I'm really glad I found this forum. I've had this exact same problem for years and nobody even comes close to understanding it. I haven't found anything that has really helped. Using Carmex and other lip balm type products can be soothing, but all they really seemed to do was make the peeling of the skin gentler. Anytime the skin looks to be healing and doing well it just gets knocked back to square one after taking a shower or brushing my teeth. I'm going to keep trying to get them better, but it seems to me the key is keeping them from getting wet, which is extremely hard to do. Even if you can protect them in the shower, you can't when you brush your teeth.

Anyways, please let me know how you are all progressing with the condition, and I hope everyone is able to cure the problem soon. People don't seem to understand that one of the worse things about this problem is how noticeable it is by other people and how it effects your self esteem. Let me know how it goes for you all though.

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If i am not mistaken what uoy have is called exfoliative cheilitis

Also the doctor said I didn't have chelitis or however its spelled.

I've had this for 11 years and its still goind on. Its true that the moisterizers make them peel off easier. I am 16 now but i don't let knowone get rude and say stuff about my lips even if they look nasty. My derm said its cheilitis he gave me dermovate NN taht don't work it only takes away the pain. I started taking multi vitamins but no change. Living in england don't help i read on some forum that aquaphor healed chelitis and i phoned loads of chemists and they said they have none. I haven't tried out hydrocortisone yet. I just want to find one official cure. The part that annoys me most is when i actually believe it is healing it just begins to peel off. My lips have become swollen because of this and i have been subjected to taunts for nearly all my life. Add me my email is [email protected] .I want to talk to someone with the same problem as me. I have also developed a frown people say i am angry but because of how i feel about my lips it shows with my eyes. There's not one place i've seen on the internet that says 'THIS IS THE CURE FOR CHEILITIS". I've come here and found someone talking about vitamin a drops and a cream. First of all i went to the chemist and they said that it's not possible to get vitamin A drops alone. Secondly, name me the pacific cream the YOU used. I do believe this can't be healed. I chat to girls but never link up with them coz of my problem. The peeling is the main problem i know the cream's stops dryness but the peeling is the main problem. If we crack down the peeling then this hell will be over. I am not a wiz at Science but i have been researching. I read the on some forum(i can't find the link again!!) that it is swelling of the lip that causes it to peel. I think a cream we need is a cream that makes skin stronger. I have to go to doctors and get another derm referal so i can tell him this derm NN ain't working. All i want to see is one person no waffle or anything like that and say "MY CHEILITIS IS HEALED". I do sometimes have doubt in my head and if i see this than that doubt will go away and i will know that it has been cured before [email protected](for msn) or email me at [email protected](don't use other for email) This can be healed i if i do heal i will TELL ALL IN SIMPLE WORDS WHAT I USED, HOW, AND PERIOD IT TAKES Anothny the exactly same thing that happened to you taht caused your cheilitis happned to me bruv, has yours healed or still f-ed.