lips

Lip Sores – Causes and Types of Lesions on the Lips

What are lip sores? The term “sores” refers to the appearance of skin lesions in any part of the body. Lip sores are lesions such as pimples, scabs, ulcers or blisters that appear on the lips. [Read More ...]

Darkening Mouth and Dark Lips (Hyperpigmentation)

The naturally pink color of the inside of the mouth and lips is due to the thin lining over these areas. It allows the redness of blood to show through to some degree masked partly by the melanin (natural [Read More ...]

Lip Twitching (Persistent, Once Off) Causes and Diseases

Twitching of the lip is not usually seen as a serious condition if it occurs once-off and most of us will experience such an episode every now and then in life. Often these episodes are due to innocuous causes [Read More ...]

Dark Lips (Blue, Brown to Black Discoloration of the Lip)

The color of human lips, as is the case with skin, varies from one person to another. The lips also has skin but it is thinner. Usually it does not contain the same amount of skin pigment (melanin) as does the [Read More ...]

Angular Cheilitis

What is angular cheilitis? Angular cheilitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the corners of the mouth or labial commissures. The condition can be unilateral or bilateral. The inflammation [Read More ...]