Table 2. Prominent features of mostly reversible cheilitis.

Mostly reversible cheilitis	Occurrence	Related factors	Therapy
Cheilitis simplex	Common	Lip licking     Cold, windy, dry weather	Advice on environmental conditions     Application of lip balms, petroleum jelly, emollients, topical corticosteroids, ointments
Angular/infective cheilitis	Common	Infective agents     Immune deficiency (diabetes, HIV)     Mechanical factors     Nutritional deficiencies (riboflavin, folate, iron, etc)	Elimination of local predisposing factors     Topical antimycotics, antiseptics, antibiotics, topical corticosteroids
Contact/eczematous cheilitis	Very common	Atopy, contact allergens/irritants	Topical corticosteroids (low to medium potency), emollients
Exfoliative cheilitis	Rare	Lip licking/picking     Psychological distress     Nutritional deficiencies	Corticosteroids     Psychotherapy     (some cases resolve spontaneously)
Drug related cheilitis	Rare	Drugs	Emollients     Drug elimination if possible