-the growing skin feeds the fungus, which leads to inflammation, growing skin
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moisture feeds the fungus, which leads to inflammation, growing skin
-keep the skin down with an exfoliant with aha/bha acids
-get rid of the fungus with non-oily/moisture/cream stuff, like dishwashsoap, boric acid etc
anyway keep updated... its an antifungal cream, i don't think creams/ointment/moisture help to cure EC.... only to make the lips feel better/look better.