Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The vermilion border is the normally sharp demarcation between the lip (red colored) and the adjacent normal skin. It represents the change in the epidermis from highly keratinized external skin to less keratinized internal skin. It has no sebaceous glands sweat glands or hair. There are 2 reasons for the border being red:1. The epithelium is thin.2.

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