My skin on lips is raw only where I have fordyce spots. I think they are unclogged fordyce spots. It seems if the fordyce spots are clogged, then the skin is not raw. the moistness coming out of unclogged fordyce spots seems to interfere with new skin taking since it always wet there. I have written about this before- an increase in number of fordyce spots or enlarged fordyce spots id caused by increase of fibroblasts (fibroblast growth factor creates fibroblasts). And too many fibroblasts leads to inflammation. I believe the firboblasts are the cause of my inflammation.