Toothpaste contains ingredients such as fluoride, baking soda, and alcohol, which can irritate the skin and trigger breakouts around the mouth when applied to or accidentally smeared on the face.
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) might also cause reactions.
Fluoride Tooth Paste: A Cause of Perioral Dermatitis
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/535898
"My hypothesis was that either the saliva, could, during sleep, drain on the areas involved, enter the follicles, and cause a process resembling acne"
Fluoride Toothpastes: A Cause of Acne-like Eruptions
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/535073
Peters, P, and C Drummond. “Perioral dermatitis from high fluoride dentifrice: a case report and review of literature.” Australian dental journal vol. 58,3 (2013): 371-2. doi:10.1111/adj.12077(edited)
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