Re: Been lurking for a while....heres my story.

I don't think my situation is near as bad but I can tell you that I took a testosterone injection Oct of 2013 and suddenly had fordcye on my upper lip only. My lips are constantly chapped and dry, not really peeling alot but difficult to smile at times or hold a lengthy conversation anymore. I have seen my doctor, dentist, oral surgeon and a dermatologist. The oral surgeon told me this was normal and he said he didn't see chapped lips. I told him it was because I kept them latther with lip balm but if I took it off my lips would wither up. I went to the dermatologist and didn't tell her about my Fordyce, I wanted to see if she would acknowledge it without me telling her it was there. She examined my lips for chapped lips and said they looked good and likely the cold winter weather was causing them to chap. Now admittedly my biggest concern is 1. that my lips need to unchap, fordyce, who cares I'm ok with it. I just need to be able to speak and smile. Since the derm didn't acknowledge it I assumed she felt is was normal or something she normally see's or she would have called it out. It's now March, about 4-5 months since this started. Fordyce is still there and will likely never go away, still hoping my dry lips will resolve so I can move on. I'm 39 by the way and have had every STD test ran on me, I've been to a neurologist and had ALL my viatmins checked. Everything is in range and I really have no answer except to psychologically learn to cope, very tough as lips dry lips are a constant reminder that something is wrong. I pray as the temps increase and the humidity rise I'll get releif, but if I don't I'll go to great lengths to have it figured out. Tweet