Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc50/2/9
Glycerin Borax Treatment of Exfoliative Cheilitis Induced by Sodium Lauryl Sulfate: a Case Report
Kobkan Thongprasom
orcid.org/0000-0001-7627-919X
; Oral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Abstract
This paper reports on the results of a case study of a 19-year-old female who presented to the Oral Medicine clinic with a chief complaint of scaly and peeling lips. The lesions had persisted on her lips for more than 7 years and were refractory to previous treatment. Her physician’s diagnosis was contact dermatitis. We diagnosed this patient as having exfoliative cheilitis (EC). A patch test using the toothpaste containing sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) was positive and the patient discontinued using it. Instead, she started using a toothpaste not containing SLS. One year after treating her lesions with hydrogen peroxide mouthwash 1% and glycerin borax, a gradual improvement was observed until returning to normal. Glycerin borax was safe, low cost and simple to use in treatment of refractory exfoliative cheilitis. SLS may have been a precipitating factor in EC in this case.
Keywords
Cheilitis; Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; Hydrogen Peroxide; glycerin borax
Hrčak ID:
160309
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2016.
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