Treatment of Actinic (Solar) Cheilitis
Treatment of Actinic (Solar) Cheilitis
- Prevention of further damage with sunscreens blocking longwave
- ultraviolet A (UVA) and short-wave ultraviolet B (UVB) light
- Biopsy of clinically suspicious areas
- CO2 laser vermilionectomy
- Topical 5-fluorouracil or vermilionectomy for severe disease
- Excision or resection-reconstruction if malignant
- transformation has occurred
Prognosis
- Lifelong follow-up
- Up to 10% develop into squamous cell carcinoma.
- When carcinoma develops, growth tends to be slow and metastasis occurs late; 85 to 90% long-term survival
Category: Treatment
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