The skin at the corners of my mouth is red and flaky like ringworm. What's going on?

In autumn and winter, the air becomes drier. Many people suffer from dry facial skin and flaking due to lack of hydration, mainly on the cheeks and corners of the mouth. However, in severe cases, the skin at the corners of the mouth becomes dry, red and flaky like ringworm. This situation may also include other factors, such as: getting angry, dermatitis, improper eating habits, etc. It is recommended to drink more water, pay attention to diet, and cooperate with drug treatment.

Recently, I have found that the skin around the corners of many people's mouths has inexplicably become red, itchy, and peeling, without any discomfort, pain or itching, but a little rough. What is the reason for this? What medicine can cure this? The following is introduced by the relevant doctors;

Most of the time, peeling at the corners of the mouth is caused by the dry external environment and lack of water inside the body. Especially in winter, people's body water needs are no less than in the hot summer, so people cannot ignore hydration in winter. The basic eight glasses of water a day are indispensable. When the peeling at the corners of the mouth is more serious, you should also pay attention to supplementing vitamin C. Vitamin C can relieve the symptoms of peeling, so eat more fruits rich in VC, such as tomatoes, apples, etc.

This type of redness of the skin around the corners of the mouth is generally considered to be chronic facial dermatitis; in most cases, there is no triggering factor, and the skin is often found to be red, rough, and peeling inexplicably;

For treatment, you can apply cyproheptadine cream externally, which is a rare non-hormonal Western medicine ointment in dermatology. It is effective and has little irritation to the skin. If you can buy compound phellodendron liquid for external application, the effect will be better.

It is forbidden to apply external medications such as Pi Yan Ping and Pi Kang Wang; these contain hormone ingredients, which have significant effects and quick results after use, but often cause recurrence as soon as they are discontinued, and long-term application can easily cause serious skin damage such as hormone-dependent dermatitis or eczema.

This kind of situation is generally believed to be caused by spleen and stomach fire; most of these people are prone to getting angry; if it recurs repeatedly, you can go to the hospital's dermatology department to get some Chinese medicine;

Note that this type of patients should avoid taking general antipyretic drugs, because spleen and stomach fire is mostly a mixed type of deficiency and excess, with deficiency at the root and excess at the superficial level. General antipyretic drugs are cold in nature, which can easily hurt the stomach and make the spleen and stomach weaker and the condition more serious.

In terms of diet, you should be careful not to drink alcohol or tea, and eat less chili peppers and other foods that can easily hurt the stomach or cause internal heat; if conditions permit, you can eat millet porridge every night to nourish the stomach;

Learn to relax yourself; the five internal organs of the human body correspond to the seasons, and spring is dominated by the liver; people with strong liver fire are prone to spleen and stomach fire, so most people with perioral lesions develop in spring; you can get a gym membership, exercise every day, or do something you like;