angular cheilitis okay not to be
confused with cold sores because that is
definitely what I thought I had before I
figured out what these little cracks in
the corner of my mouth actually were so
if you're also struggling with angular
cheilitis then this is the video for you
because quite obviously I remember
googling this to death trying to figure
out how to get rid of them because I
know they are so painful so saw these
little cracks in the corner of your
mouth can really get you down but I've
actually been able to find the magic
cure to this and believe me you can as
well so by the end of this video I'm
going to tell you exactly what you need
to do to get rid of them in the quickest
possible way hey guys and welcome back
to my channel I hope you guys are doing
super well I imagine some of you clicked
on this and I thinking Sarah what does
angular cheilitis have anything to do
with acne because if you're new here I
upload acne related videos every single
Sunday and it's really just sort of
talking about my journey with acne and
how I managed to clear my skin off so if
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but today's video is actually really
aimed anybody that's struggling with
these little cracks in the corner of
their mouth which are super common if
you're taking Meraki teen or I contain
whatever you want to call it which I
know a lot of you are so I thought I'd
make this video to be able to help you
guys out and at the same time if anybody
else is struggling with angular
cheilitis not suffering with acne or
Meraki tane that i really hope this
video can help you as well
so first up just a little bit of
background about my experience with
angular cheilitis and basically why I'm
making this video because while stars of
her accutane I definitely suffered with
this and it was ongoing and never seemed
to really clear up and actually I had
experienced this probably quite a few
years before as well particularly when I
was on the pill which I was actually on
the pill for about 10 years and but as
soon as I stopped taking the pill on my
acne flared up I actually noticed that
angular cheilitis really went down and
actually I didn't have any kind of
experience with it during this or six
months when my acne really flared up and
so I was thinking what is the connection
between this and having done a lot of
research I realized that angular
cheilitis actually is commonly found in
people with a B vitamin deficiency and
whilst you're on the pill particularly
the combined pills the progesterone and
the estrogen you can become really
deficient in B vitamins as well so that
really is the connection and I used to
really struggle with
this particularly in some of my early
20s and probably when I was at uni
mostly probably wasn't eating the best
diet either and I would just have this
reoccurring and at first I really
thought it was Coulson's and of course
that's what I did I went to the chemist
tried to find something to kind of
really heal this and nothing seemed to
work
I then just started to Google it's like
crazy trying to figure out how can I get
rid of it but I didn't really seem to be
a quick fix I started to get really
frustrated with at one point and even
went to the doctors and they really
couldn't figure out either because I
imagine it didn't look like angular
cheilitis for the most part because I
was quite good about covering up but
honestly it did look pretty bad from
time to time and I'm sure lots of people
noticed and just didn't really say
anything but for the most part it was
just painful and it really made like
eating annoying I was always kind of
worrying about it whether it looked
really bad and always seemed to go from
one corner of the mouth to the other and
I just didn't know how to fix it until I
was on accutane and that's when I really
discovered the full name of it I don't
think I actually knew it was angular
cheilitis when I was in my early 20s but
yeah when I went over at Kitaen and I
found out that lots of people were
suffering with this as well and what the
actual name of it was I realized that
this was something that I could treat if
I actually did some research properly so
now guys I am super excited because I
could share with you exactly what has
been working for me I haven't had any
angular cheilitis
for over a year and a half so I know
that this method works also worth noting
that if you are m rakete all of these
products are completely safe because I
have checked with the doctor so you are
definitely able to use them okay so let
me walk you through this step by step
because I have a few products here and
the first thing I do is use a lip scrub
okay so when you have angular cheilitis
shall I just actually means information
of the lips they are really sort of
quite painful so you don't be doing any
like really abrasive scrubbing because
honestly that would just make the
information ten times worse so you want
to use something supernatural something
that's not gonna be full of chemicals
and really just kind of pull away some
of the dead skin so that the products
that were gonna use next actually work
so I just usually use like a little lip
scrub this is not the one that I have
been using like historically but it's
one that I found recently and it's by a
company called nut I think it's nu Gigi
I was actually gifted this I want a
competition from my face story over on
Instagram and she sent this as part of
the kind of like collection of products
I won and I've been using this quite
regularly and it works super well so I
would really recommend it but
technically it is just like any other
lip scrubber probably ever use and the
one from lush is also great and that's
the one I used historically but I've
also been known to just use sugar and a
little bit of lip balm and just rub that
over your lips just that they are a
completely fresh clean slate ready to
apply the next products so that you can
really cure your neutralizes so next up
are the two Holy Grail products that
you're going to need to help you get rid
of this it's also worth noting that
angular cheilitis is technically like a
bacteria and a fungal infection I'm know
that sounds super gross but let's just
be real this is what happens to us
sometimes when we're taking drugs never
write detain and if you are be a vitamin
deficient and I so I go in with there's
coffee bar by dr. Dan and I've talked
about this lows so if you're on my right
containing you're struggling with your
lips this is for you so if you can hear
the planes going over the rain outside
the ambulance is going past the police
go past but I live in London and this is
just the realities I'm afraid so the
active ingredient in the quartic bond is
hydrocortisone and it's 1% so I wouldn't
use this all throughout the day when I
was in Iraq Kitaen I just used this
maybe once or twice maybe in the morning
and then and in the evening and so yeah
I would just apply this to all of your
lips I wouldn't go in really too much on
the corners of your mouth but what this
will do is to really count all
information in your lips and prevent
anything like this point back so it's
definitely worth applying before you
apply it the next product so the next
thing that I apply is actually
prescribed to me by my GP and the reason
that was prescribed to me is because I
actually did the research and then went
to my GP and asked for this product and
it's absolutely 100% works ok so you
need to get your hands on Tim again okay
Tim Adeem is let me read the active
ingredients so the first active
ingredient is hydrocortisone
much like the doctor down to corty balm
but this time it is not 0.5% so it's not
quite as strong and definitely good for
the areas like the corner of your mouth
and what that will do is bring the
information down so essentially it is a
really mild steroid and it really just
draws out any of them
it really calms the skin down and that
is exactly what you need when you have
any form of titers particularly in the
corners of your mouth and then the
second ingredient which is obviously key
here and something I was not really
thinking about and all the years leading
up to this because I genuinely felt like
it was just information I didn't realize
that you had to also tackle like a
fungal and bacterial infection at the
same time which is exactly what this
product does and so the second
ingredient is timid Iktomi I think that
I pronounced it home and this is 10% and
I honestly feel like these two
ingredients combined have absolutely got
rid of my angular cheilitis for good I
as you can see have hardly used any of
this and be honest I don't even know if
this is expired because I use this about
a year and a half ago but yeah I would
get your hands on this if you can go to
your doctors and explain that these two
ingredients which are put up on screen
are key to helping you I'm sure they
will be on board and he'll prescribe
this to you as well and quite as me you
don't need a lot of it I don't know why
they prescribed 30 grams of this
honestly you probably need about 100 of
this so yeah I really really hope this
helps you please leave me a comment if
you've been struggling with this as well
and if there's any other remedies that
you can think of that can help everyone
else then please leave them in the
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