What is exfoliative cheilitis?

Exfoliative cheilitis is characterized as an inflammatory condition of the lips in which the skin of the lips become chronically inflamed, crusty, and sometimes fissured.

How do members experience exfoliative cheilitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with exfoliative cheilitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for exfoliative cheilitis*

Who has exfoliative cheilitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 9
40s 6
50s 7
60s 1
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 13
Female 16

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What is exfoliative cheilitis?

Exfoliative cheilitis is characterized as an inflammatory condition of the lips in which the skin of the lips become chronically inflamed, crusty, and sometimes fissured.



Common symptoms reported by people with exfoliative cheilitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for exfoliative cheilitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with exfoliative cheilitis

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Who has exfoliative cheilitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 25 say exfoliative cheilitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 9
40s 6
50s 7
60s 1
70+ 0
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 2
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 1
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 13
Female 16

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 3
Not Diagnosed 3

These charts show data from exfoliative cheilitis patients who have completed their condition history
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