A few things in life are inevitable: that pile of laundry needs to be done, taxes have to be filed, and at some point during the winter, you'll experience chapped lips. Lip balm is a simple fix for ...

The road to realizing I had angular cheilitis was rough. At first I thought I just had a really bad case of chapped lips. It was winter, after all, and I’m not a die-hard lip-balm user. But no matter ...

ARE MY LIPS just really chapped? Do I have cold sores? These questions probably come to mind when you notice painful cracks in the corners of your mouth. But, more than likely, this dryness and ...

Cracks or sores at the corners of your mouth may seem like a temporary problem or a small issue, but they can be more than just skin dryness. This condition, known as angular cheilitis, is often ...

Just like chapped lips, it's easy to associate the development of dry, crusty patches on the corners of our mouths with exposure to extreme cold and dryness. But it turns out that those flaky patches ...

Q. I saw your column about cracks at the corner of the mouth and was surprised to learn this actually had a name. About 17 years ago, I had cracks – almost like a paper cut – in the corners of my ...

When the roof of your mouth hurts, it's easy to assume you might have scraped or burned it while eating. But it turns out there are other culprits unrelated to a minor oral injury. Whatever the cause, ...