It is very painful to have cracked corners of mouth, not to mention the humiliation and embarrassment it causes in many cases.
Though some people may understand but others may give strange and disgusting looks.
Social life with cracked corners of mouth will be challenging almost impossible.
Cracked corners of mouth, can happen for different reasons: cold and moist weather, fungal infection or simply for bad reaction to something that one uses on the face particularly lips.
People are getting more health conscious at the same time one prefers to use natural remedies as compare to running to the doctor or pharmacy to get a medicine.
Most commonly a doctor may prescribe zinc oxide based cream since it is waterproof or hydrocortisone based ointment or recommend putting a lot of Vaseline.
However, this may be hard to do since one has to stop himself from trying not to eat them.
Since the chapped corners of mouth are caused by diverse reasons, the basic and common cause is vitamin deficiency especially Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin, Potassium and Iron.
These are essential vitamins that are needed to boost the immune system.
The excellent source of vitamins is nothing but fruit and vegetables.
Riboflavin is found naturally in asparagus, bananas, persimmons, okra, chard, cottage cheese, milk, yogurt, meat, eggs and fish.
Healthy eating can simply lead to healthy life.
Also, lips get sunburned easily in tropical environment hence resulting cracked corners of mouth.
If eating healthy and intake of balanced diet do not heal the cracked corners of mouth, then this may be a point of serious concern.
A visit to the dermatologist may be necessary after all because this may be a symptom of serious fungal reaction.
It may even be cancerous.
It is better to get checked than be sorry later on.