Dry, cracked and peeling upper lip may be caused by physiological factors such as weather, or it may be related to chronic lipitis, contact dermatitis and other pathologic causes. General treatment and medication can be used.
1. Physiological factors: If the environment changes, the weather is drier, the moisture content in the air is less humidity is lower, the lips skin circulation is weakened resulting in dry cracked skin on the upper lip. It is recommended to use a humidifier, by maintaining a certain level of humidity after the general can be relieved.
2. Pathological factors:
Chronic lipitis: in the climate, external, dietary stimuli induced chronic lipitis caused by upper lip dry cracked skin, can be used through the use of lactic acid isacridine solution wet lips, local application of gentamycin or erythromycin ophthalmic ointment treatment.
Contact dermatitis: if due to the use of lipstick, cosmetics lead to dry cracked skin on the upper lip may be contact dermatitis, if the symptoms are light can be used boric acid solution wet compresses, if there is redness, swelling, oozing and other manifestations of the topical application of zinc oxide oil and other medications.
After excluding physiological reasons for the upper lip cracking and peeling, it is recommended to consult a dermatologist to give targeted treatment by a professional doctor.