Anonymous
12/13/2025 22:44
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Anonymous wrote:Amazing all the crap advice here.
Angular chelitis is a description of the lesion and not the cause. It is often mixed fungal and bacterial. It may be related to a nutritional deficiency or allergy but you still need to heal it. If OTC anti-fungal doesn’t work then you need a prescription antibiotic.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536929/
Including your own. My derm thought it was that and failed to order a blood test. I suffered through if for a year thanks to his failure to diagnose.
Bottom line - it could be a number of things. I’d see your internist.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 20:11
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Have had this. Take b complex zinc and l-lysine and do the mix suggested above for topical. This is what cured mine. And, after having this a few times in my teens and twenties I do not have it anymore - for at least 20 years.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 19:38
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Anonymous wrote:I have this condition that flares up from time to time and it's definitely fungal. I use a prescription antifungal cream (Nystatin) on the cracking then layer it with Aquaphor. Must do this several times a day for multiple days.
+1
this is exactly what my derm prescribed for this.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 19:30
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Anonymous wrote:The lanolin stuff they sell for chapped nipples is pretty helpful.
That’s what heals it for me.
Oddly, I also haven’t had it in years since I quit soda and candy.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 19:15
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
I sometimes get it and it only heals with Carmex.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 15:31
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Anonymous wrote:Amazing all the crap advice here.
Angular chelitis is a description of the lesion and not the cause. It is often mixed fungal and bacterial. It may be related to a nutritional deficiency or allergy but you still need to heal it. If OTC anti-fungal doesn’t work then you need a prescription antibiotic.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536929/
Since there are a range of potentially ominous causes of angular cheilitis, best to see a derm.
Anonymous
12/13/2025 11:19
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Amazing all the crap advice here.
Angular chelitis is a description of the lesion and not the cause. It is often mixed fungal and bacterial. It may be related to a nutritional deficiency or allergy but you still need to heal it. If OTC anti-fungal doesn’t work then you need a prescription antibiotic.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536929/
Angular chelitis is a description of the lesion and not the cause. It is often mixed fungal and bacterial. It may be related to a nutritional deficiency or allergy but you still need to heal it. If OTC anti-fungal doesn’t work then you need a prescription antibiotic.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536929/
Anonymous
12/13/2025 06:58
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
I have this condition that flares up from time to time and it's definitely fungal. I use a prescription antifungal cream (Nystatin) on the cracking then layer it with Aquaphor. Must do this several times a day for multiple days.
Anonymous
12/12/2025 23:37
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
With all this suggestion I wonder what OP is going to do.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 21:56
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
I got this as a resident, and the attending on my ambulatory care rotation said it’s fungal. He said to mix together a bit of an antifungal cream (like for athletes foot) with some cortisone cream or ointment. About 50:50 mix. Put it on before bed and a few times a day. Try not to lick it. Take a multivitamin.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 21:36
Subject: Re:Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Take vitamin B or get checked for low vitamin B.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 21:23
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
My dd had this from eating a lot of apples. Derm said to take B vitamins and it was a miracle!
Anonymous
12/10/2025 21:20
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Anonymous wrote:Vitamin b deficiency. Take a multivitamin and if you're a female who bleeds monthly one with iron. It will take a little while for it to go away give the vitamins time.
Yes this worked for me. Definitely a B type vitamin (niacin?) deficiency for me. Healed when I took supplemtal B+ (B12, B3, etc mix)
Anonymous
12/10/2025 20:59
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Stop the antibiotic ointment, try some OTC anti fungal topical.
Eucerin cream original (in the pot not pump type container) is honestly magic- you can use it on your lips for moisture without the stickiness of Vaseline.
Eucerin cream original (in the pot not pump type container) is honestly magic- you can use it on your lips for moisture without the stickiness of Vaseline.
Anonymous
12/10/2025 09:50
Subject: Crack on side of mouth that won’t heal
Could be scabies