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UK Against Fluoridation

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Don’t blame whitening agents in toothpaste for those breakouts

Don’t blame whitening agents in toothpaste for those breakouts
By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune
..........But sometimes a skin flare-up has nothing to do with an allergy and is instead irritation.

Sodium lauryl sulfate, a detergent responsible for the foaming properties of toothpaste, is a common irritant that can aggravate the skin around the mouth just as might happen when you eat citrus or spicy foods, said Dr. Andrew Scheman, a dermatologist at the North Shore Center for Medical Aesthetics in Northbrook, Ill., who specializes in contact allergies and was the lead author on the toothpaste study.

Some dermatologists have implicated fluoride as an irritant causing perioral dermatitis, a rash of tiny red bumps around the mouth usually brought on by topical steroids. But few studies have proved the link, and the claims remain “unsubstantiated,” Gallo said....

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