🔹 Treatment
- Keep the area dry and clean.
- Avoid licking your lips or touching the corners of your mouth.
- Apply a healing ointment.
- Use a topical antifungal cream (like clotrimazole or miconazole) if the cause is fungal.
- If bacterial, a mild antibiotic ointment (like mupirocin) may help.
- Moisturize regularly.
- Use petroleum jelly or lip balm to prevent dryness.
- Take vitamin supplements if you have deficiencies.
- Especially B vitamins
and iron.
- Especially B vitamins
- Improve oral hygiene — clean dentures properly, and visit a dentist if necessary.