Home Remedies for Angular Cheilitis

 
Do you know what Angular Cheilitis is?

 It’s a common problem that affects almost everyone. It’s related to chapped or cracked lips that becomes sore and creates an opening at the corner of our mouth. Now you remember your last experience of pain, inflammation and soreness for chapped lips especially at the corner of mouth, right? This is called Angular Cheilitis in medical science.

Generally in dry-hot summer, chilly winter or in windy weather our lips get dry besides skin. But the problem with lips is that it can’t produce oils like skin to protect it from dryness and gets cracked as well as chapped. People ignore their lips very often and when they feel soreness along with heavy pain at the corner of their mouth, they start licking lips frequently to get relief. But do you know this licking actually paves the way to fungus and yeast to grow around lips which ultimately leads to Angular Cheilitis? Yes, these all are reasons behind your red, painful and cracked opening at the corner of lips for what you feel lots of problem while talking, eating or touching it.

You need not to be worried about this Angular Cheilitis as it’s very common and has many solutions for its perfect care. Either you can apply ointment or lip cream especially made for this purpose. Or you can go for some natural way to take care of your cracked lips i.e. home remedies. My personal opinion is to adopt home remedies for Angular Cheilitis so that you don’t get any further allergic reaction or infection on that spot. Here are few natural home remedies described below for you.
• First and foremost remedy is to keep you hydrate so that your skin and lips don’t get dry. Drink plenty of water. 
• If you notice that you often get chapped or cracked lips then you must make a habit of applying olive oil on your lips.
• For good result you can also apply slice of cucumbers once or twice a day.
• Cocoa butter is another good remedy for this sore and cracked corner at lips.
• If you really face unbearable pain then Aloe Vera lip gel or ointment would be the best option. It helps in healing Cheilitis.
• To get relief from painful Cheilitis you can also apply honey.
• If AC or heater is on all time in your home then it’s better to use humidifiers to get rid of dryness and keep your lips moisture.
• After applying all these home remedies if you see that you are not getting relief then you must go to consult with a dermatologist. Probably they will prescribe antifungal ointment or medicines for example Nystatin, Clotrimazole or Econazole. Never try any medicine without doctor’s prescription as it may worsen the condition.
So, you have got lots of home remedies which are very easy to adopt as almost every items are available at home and you need not to visit the local store to collect them. Take care of your lips properly and enjoy your healthy lips without any fear of Angular Cheilitis.