one last thing, as i mentioned that this was a skin disease i would like to point out that my reasoning for saying this is because I understand biology (recent university graduate) as well as the drugs i was using. If you look into our disease as well as the drugs that work, like, say, fucidin, or efudex, and look at the biological workings of the drugs and how they interact with our cells then you can see it is a problem of the skin and not oils. I state oils/supplemnts can help relieve but not pessimistically because thats what they do, they relieve, they are not permanent. If you educate yourself on the cellular functioning within your lips (the multiple layers etc...) and the drugs we use then you can see how and why it is a skin disease that may require surgery.