Hi, my bottom lip is completely messed up and its ruining my life. I cant even get a diagnosis from doctors.
So about half of my bottom lip (length ways) is affected by constant peeling. So take the very bottom edge of my lip, go up about 2-3mm and thats where it starts and ends kind of where my top lip meets my bottom lip. That area is also hard like under the skin which i think is why it peels.
If my bite my lip at the bottom its very soft, but if i travel up its like theres hard tissue underneath which is exacly where the peeling is. It also extrudes abit. Like imagine a peice of string under your bottom lip thats what it kind of feels like. The area is like 1cm in height and goes right across my bottom lip.
But thats not all i have wrong, my bottom lip also goes extreamly red and inflammed as soon as i eat anything. Even when drinking water but that only stays red and inflammed for about 30 seconds or so. If i ate like a takeaway pizza it would stay red and inflammed for up to 1 hour.
And lastly when i talk or when im around people it gets 10x worse. I think its because im licking my lip alot more. Ill come home after 3 or 4 hours, put a wet paper towel on my lip and that whole area i was talking about above is pure white from the dead skin.
A couple more things to add. The peeling has occured for about 8 years, the redness for about 3-4.
I was cured once for about 3 days about a year ago, i have no idea how, seemed to happen at random.
Ive recently seen 2 dermatologists who had no idea, i asked for protopic 1% which didnt seem to do much.
I just had a blood test and it came back im not allergic to anything.
And lastly the most important thing and the only thing i have to hold onto is i think maybe its a problem with my gut. A couple of times ive not eaten for 3-4 days, only liquids and my lip and face in general looks alot better. I only go to the bathroom every 4 days or so and when i do im constipated af. Ive read the lower lip reflects the health of the lower intenstines or something so could this be whats causing it? it makes sense because my top lip is perfect and the whole being on no food made my health better. Should i see a gastroenterology?
Really any help at all is appriciated. I need to fix this, i just want to be able to live properly