My lips have been peeling for around 6 years, caused by my own actions at first, but now i cannot heal them no matter what i try.
6 years ago, i used to bite the skin off my lips when i was young( in school ), i did this because of anxiety, i would pick at them till they bled. Fast forward 2 years from then, i stopped biting my lips and left them completely alone, let me emphasize, i did not relapse picking nor did i lick my lips after that point.
They would scab up and never heal, i tried using Vaseline and then after that Aquaphor to aid the healing of my lip(s), but to no avail, the scabs get soft and mushy, and begin to "slough off" per say when using Vaseline or Aquaphor.
As seen in the picture with the Aquaphor on. If i leave the Aquaphor off for a day or for 4 days, i begin to have hard scabs and they crack and peal towards the inside of my mouth. The process lasts 4 days i have seen, it starts out with my lips being perfect, then as the days go on 2 to 4, they get more and more inflamed, and they begin to peel again. This process of natural peeling has been going on ever since then, leading to me having serious embarrassment and self confidence issues about it that are weighing on my wellbeing and mind, i hide myself from the world as a response.
I have seen doctors and they diagnose me with Cheilitis, i am using Triamcinolone Acetonide 0.1% as prescribed 2 times a day, once applied to the lips in the morning and once applied to the lips at night with Aquaphor as well, no improvement.
If anyone knows how to make my lips get better, please help me
Any help is appreciated and extremely needed.