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All Forums  Welcome to the Skin Cancer Forums at Topicalinfo!  Skin cancer treatment strategies  Healing Lips Note: You must be registered in order to post a reply. To register, click here. Registration is FREE! Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Butigli[/i] [br]My husband has used Fluorouracil on his lips and all of the skin has came off of them really deep they are just a huge open wound, he has used a tube of some greasy stuff the dr told him to use in just 2 and 1/2 days... he can't eat without them drying, cracking and bleeding all over the place. She had prescribed he use Fluorouracil for a week, then quit a week then start it for a week on the third week... he could not make it for the entire first week he had to stop at 6 days. that was 12 days ago, his lips still look like someone took a patato peeler and peeled the skin off.. do you know of any way to bandage his lips and keep them moist so they can heal? [/quote]    Insert an Image File

T O P I C    R E V I E W Butigli Posted - 03/20/2013 : 15:57:02 My husband has used Fluorouracil on his lips and all of the skin has came off of them really deep they are just a huge open wound, he has used a tube of some greasy stuff the dr told him to use in just 2 and 1/2 days... he can't eat without them drying, cracking and bleeding all over the place. She had prescribed he use Fluorouracil for a week, then quit a week then start it for a week on the third week... he could not make it for the entire first week he had to stop at 6 days. that was 12 days ago, his lips still look like someone took a patato peeler and peeled the skin off.. do you know of any way to bandage his lips and keep them moist so they can heal? 2   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) Butigli Posted - 03/22/2013 : 08:37:00 his dr gave him prescription for 5% cortisone the 1% didn't phase it, then he slathered it on real thick the night he got it and now they are starting to get better. I guess where the cells were killed it took several days for the healing cells to develop, because it just seemed to get worse for almost 2 weeks. he got the script the same day I posted this. I stopped at the drug store and got him some of the cracked nipple cream... and between the two they are on the mend. you can tell it is starting to get better... Image Insert: 30.56 KB jodilynnhjy Posted - 03/22/2013 : 02:13:11 Cracked and sore corners of you lips may occur as a result of Perleche, Stomitis or Angular Chelitis. It's a painful form of bacterial and fungal ... --------------- Jodi Lynnhjy unlock iphone

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