Irritations around the mouth that come as small sores, scaly and red rashes. Often starting as small bumps. The area can be itchy and there can easily be pus in the bumps, but other times the bumps develop into open sores.

Irritations around the mouth that come as small sores, scaly and red rashes. Often starting as small bumps. The area can be itchy and there can easily be pus in the bumps, but other times the bumps develop into open sores. If there are also fluid accumulations and redness, then it is definitely it. What you are seeing is Perioral Dermatitis.

Typically the area around the mouth or as another irritation, sitting around the mouth, nose, chin and jaws. In individual cases, the irritation comes around the eyes and is then called Periorbital Dermatitis. Okay, a little Latin came in again.

Periorbital Dermatitis is located around the eyes, not in the eyes. If you experience irritations in the eyes, you should seek medical attention immediately.

It can be difficult to see the difference between Rosacea and Perioral Dermatitis. They can easily look alike, but with perioral dermatitis, there are no telangiectasias (burst blood vessels), and the challenge is closer to the nose and mouth and rarely has large red areas. With Rosacea, sores and fluid accumulations also occur quite rarely.

If you are even slightly in doubt, also read my guide on Rosacea and see if it makes more sense for you.

The difference between Acne and Perioral Dermatitis is that Perioral Dermatitis is not closed comedones and does not occur on the forehead or on the bridge of the nose. Acne does not develop into the same open irritations as open sores – as Perioral Dermatitis often does. If you are in doubt, read my guide on Acne Vulgaris right here.

Perioral Dermatitis affects younger women 90% more than men. The incidence, or frequency, is 0.5 – 1%, so if you experience Perioral Dermatitis, you are probably a younger woman.

The actual dermatological cause of Perioral Dermatitis is not known. But we can document that perioral dermatitis is often associated with contact irritation, possibly Colgate toothpaste, which has a foaming agent that some people cannot tolerate. You can also get Perioral Dermatitis from perfume in makeup or creams.

Wet wipes, cleansing products, adrenal homones and flavored lip balm can all be decisive for Perioral Dermatitis. But Perioral Dermatitis can also come from illness, especially the intestinal diseases Morbus Crohn's / Ulcerative Colitis give Perioral Dermatitis. The tendency for Perioral Dermatitis increases in the cold period as more and more people use nasal spray and the indoor climate becomes more and more dry, the more we heat up our buildings.

It can be read as if everything in life gives Perioral Dermatitis, but in the vast majority of cases, it is contact irritation and quite easy to fix. Of course, I have made a package for you, so you can easily get your Perioral Dermatitis under control.

What should you avoid for Perioral Dermatitis? If you want to avoid Perioral Dermatitis, we need to find your trigger, it can be both physical and psychological. The worst thing you can do for Perioral Dermatitis is to use hormone cream, which simply worsens your perioral dermatitis or keeps your skin passive.

Stress, Illness, Nasal Spray, Perfume (check your makeup), creams, wet wipes, cleansing products, homone creams, sun exposure, flavored/scented lip balm, foaming agent in toothpaste, hormonal imbalance and therefore also pregnancy.

The biggest culprit I experience is probably cleansing products and the first thing I will ask you to change is probably your cleanser. Consider Raz Skincare Cleansing Mask, for all cleansing also for makeup removal.

Perioral Dermatitis can easily be caused by stress in your life. It does not have to be stress at work, but changes in your life, or stressful situations in your life. Stress affects your hormone level and since imbalance in the hormone level is a trigger for Perioral Dermatitis, stress can therefore give you Perioral Dermatitis.

Perioral dermatitis is not contagious and is relatively easy to treat with Raz Skincare Perioral Dermatitis treatment. I have described it further down.

You may want to cover the area with makeup, but make sure it is as mild as possible, and completely free of perfume. If it is cream makeup, it must also not contain mineral oils, such as parapinum liquidium, petrolatum liquidium and the like. If the name sounds like Paraffin or Petroleum, then say no thank you.

Perioral Dermatitis can easily disappear on its own, but it often comes back with greater strength. This is because you may still be out of balance in your skin or you are still exposing your skin to the product that irritates your skin.

There are really many pages on the internet that talk about different dietary advice; that anti-inflammatory diet is fantastic, and that sugar gives Perioral Dermatitis. Gluten and milk are also blamed for Perioral Dermatitis and all kinds of evils, but let me emphasize that there is no clinical evidence for this.

There is no clinical evidence that diet cures Perioral Dermatitis.
I really feel like writing NO in capital letters.

In fact, there is plenty of evidence that it has nothing to do with your Perioral Dermatitis.

Stop all contact that you think can irritate your rash. It can easily be something that you have used for many years, but that you can no longer tolerate.

Be as gentle with the area as possible and do what you can to give it peace and rest.

Since the skin is irritated as with Atopic Eczema, the cure is somewhat the same, just even gentler and milder. You can skip over to my eczema cure here.