A War With Angular Cheilitis

If you suffer from a long-term cracked, chapped, itchy, burning lips condition, congratulations, not, but I have a cure. It's a fight to the death but luckily, you will be the winner.

This is the first time I am discussing something more worthy than ever in my very senseless blog.
Until not long ago, I found out the nuisance on my lips actually had a name. Angular cheilitis. It is a pain in the ass, trust me, i know. I had it for almost a year. And my lips were never soft. They were chapped, burning, painful, dark, scaly, and most importantly, they hurt so bad especially at the sides of my mouth. It caused low self esteem and low confidence. I even experienced avoiding my crush for a whole day when it broke out. I dared not talk to anyone when it was at it worst. I tried a lot of lip balms through out the year, although some lip balms worked great to slow down the break out rate and even to control it, none of them helped to cure.  But guess what? Everything has a cure, and I am here to help you. I found it from a website, I altered the methods a bit and it works just great. Credits to that guy, he is actually a life saviour. Thank you.

First, you will need the followings.
Anti-bacterial soap(liquid or bar)

Petroleum jelly

Lip balm (Anything that you feel comfortable with but i like Burt's Bees, it's the best of all I've tried)

Vitamin B-complex(you can replace it with multivitamin, it will work just fine i guess) and multimineral supplements (no kidding)

Yea, that's all you need.
Now, choose a weekend when you are completely free and cancel all your dates. It's a treatment weekend. After breakfast, swallow the supplements with a glass full of water. Latter a good amount of anti-bacterial soap on your lips, take time to do this. Wash your hands, wash everything off and dry it. I suggest you to repeat the process. Use facial tissues to pat dry your lips, and be careful, every inch that you have touched your lips with is full of bacteria. I know it's not really environmental friendly but you have no choice. Make sure your lips are dry, not only the water but the moisture that comes out of no where, which i guess is what the bacteria produced to keep them safe and comfortable. When your lips are completely dry, apply a generous amount of petroleum jelly immediately with a clean hand to seal your lips from coming in contact with air. You will have very oily pout looking lips as if you had fried chickens in your whole life and never wiped it clean. It's fine, you can walk around and feel like a sexy model with a beautiful pout. Confidence is the key. Do anything you like but not with your mouth for two hours and then wipe it off. You will notice there are these yellowish flaky skin coming off with the Vaseline and congrats, you are getting rid of your enemies! Wipe off those skin or fungus gently until you feel clean. Have some refreshments and drink a big glass of water and continue the above procedures. You will get rid of it completely in two days or maybe in one if you are in luck! When the tight feeling is gone, your lips may be a little bit delicate. Apply your favourite lip balm and seal it with Vaseline, again. My lips are now softer than they ever was in just two days! *come my little friends as we all sing a happy chapped free song*

Warnings: Keep your lips dry except for petroleum jelly and never ever ever ever NEVER lick your lips ever again. Do not pick the scabs out of your lips especially not with your germs-full hands!

To be honest, I'm pretty much an ACV(apple cider vinegar) person. Everyone in my family worships vinegar, which is why I believe it can cure anything. Plus, vinegar is anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. I had fungal infections when I was a kid and vinegar actually saved me. So I believe organic acv can do anything, blindly. Or maybe I'm just too lohas haha. BUT, sorry to break your hope, acv does no good in dealing with angular cheilitis and in fact, it worsens your condition. I burned my lips again and again and again for god's sake and it hurt real bad. So, no acv.

And no, if you think this is an allergic reaction, it is not. I thought it was, too. I had no history of allergies. The only once I had it was really random and I have no idea what caused it, I could barely turn a door knob that time.

I did not seek for medical treatment because I knew the doctors would say it was and allergy which deep down i knew it was not. I am not saying I am better than a doctor. Angular cheilitis is very hard to be identified per se. But most importantly, I felt embarrassed because it looked like I was not hygienic and I really like my doctor, he is a heartthrob. Angular cheilitis is not a sign of being unhygienic, we are just the unfortunate ones.

Luckily, angular cheilitis is not contagious. Most angular cheilitis is caused by, believe it or not, nutritional deficiency, not hygiene. Your body may be lack of vitamin B2, iron or zinc. I have a long history of anemia and i hate to take supplements. Which explains what happened to me can be a sign of nutritional deficiency. Again, I believed we can get enough nutrients from daily meals and maybe i was wrong. It shocked my mother when I took all the supplement she'd been forcing me to have for ages. You see, I have to give up things that i believed in to combat angular cheilitis. Moral value! Sometimes, you just have to give up things that you value for the greater good.

I hope you find my article helpful, but first of all, I hope you find it, because I swear by this treatment. I suggest you to routinize this, let's say every night before bed, or if you are lazy, every week. The same old words, prevention is better than cure, right? I might take my supplements once in a week. Try to avoid using more than 2 pieces of tissue every time, say to be environmental friendly. And if you can, improve it and help others who suffer from angular cheilitis too.

All the best and good luck!