Harvard Medical Video: Do you get those annoying skin cracks at the corners of your mouth?

January 22, 2009 04:48 PM EST (Updated: January 23, 2009 02:53 PM EST)

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This medical problem has a fancy name -- perleche. It is also called angular stomatitis or angular cheilitis. Dr. Howard LeWine explains why this happens, how to treat it, and what you can do to prevent it from recurring.

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