What causes white spots on lips?

Some people may not pay much attention to their lips, but if there are white spots on them, they need to pay special attention. It is very likely that it is due to certain elements or even some other diseases, but people must understand the cause in order to treat it accordingly. The following will introduce to you the reasons for white spots on the lips.

1. When the body lacks trace elements and vitamins, and endocrine disorders caused by staying up late cause symptoms of cheilitis, white spots will appear on the lips. At this time, you can take zinc gluconate orally to supplement trace elements, and take vitamin B complex orally at different times to supplement vitamins. If the white spots cause pain, you can spray watermelon frost spray, and pay more attention to oral hygiene. You can rinse your mouth with mouthwash.

2. When the white spots appearing on the lips are symptoms of leukoplakia, we need to make a judgment first. The symptoms of mucosal leukoplakia are: one or more spots appear, and they are of different shapes and sizes. In the early stage, it is light red, and the damaged area appears waxy, slowly turning into large white lesions with irregular thickening and nodules, and some parts also appear reticular and tightly adhered. For this condition, the treatment options are intramuscular injection of vitamin A and topical application of pure silver nitrate.

3. When the white spots on the lips are caused by sebum abnormalities, the symptoms are: the white spots are the size of pillows, single, small white bumps that are raised above the skin surface. There are no obvious subjective symptoms. This disease does not cause any discomfort to the body and does not require treatment. If you must remove the lesion, you can choose to use carbon dioxide laser surgery to remove it. However, this treatment is definitely harmful.