Fun fact, SLS is the chemical that makes orange juice taste so bad after brushing your teeth.
Who is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and why is she in my toothpaste? đĄđ¤ŹđĄ
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toomanypancakes@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
KingGordon@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
That stuff can cause canker sores. I switched to SLS free toothpaste and dont get them anymore.
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You mean the ouchie fairies that visit my mouth when I brush too hard?
altphoto@lemmy.today â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thatâs the stuff that triggers canker sores in your mouth.
daannii@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yeah I avoid it for this reason. Also for anyone looking for toothpaste without it.
Sensodyne doesnât have it but itâs expensive.
Some of the Toms doesnât but most does.
I found out the cheap dollar tree sensitive toothpaste doesnât have it either. So thatâs what I use.
Itâs actually pretty hard to find toothpaste without it. Hope that helps.
altphoto@lemmy.today â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Every time Iâm out looking for tooth paste I have to dig and dig for the one or two that donât have that ingredient. Itâs annoying as heck. Everything is fine and then you return from a vacation with a canker sore because the travel pack had it. I wanna sue somebody over this.
wheres_frank@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yup. I would get canker sores all the time and they stopped as soon as I switched to Sensodyne.
Kaput@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
And why do you need supervision while brushing your theeth?
Tetsuo@jlai.lu â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I suppose a small child could swallow the cap of the toothpaste?
Still pretty weird I donât recall seeing this warning on toothpaste here in France. That being said we are big boys who are allowed to buy âKinder SurprisesââŚ
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
We have Kinder Surprise in Canada. Youre thinking of the US.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Children could also swallow the toothpaste. Not a huge deal if they do it once but iirc it can be pretty dangerous in the long run
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
SLS is not fun to breathe. Just fyi
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
That thing? That thing? That thiiiiinnnng?
EchoCranium@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Detergent, used in a lot of cleaning products.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Foaming agent. She gets everything nice 'n⌠lathery.
JiminaMann@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I wonder if thereâs a random bored chemist that has a youtube channel just talking about what each ingredient in daily life items does
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâve actually come across this one in hematology, its used as a reagent in some analyzers to lyse red cells to release hemoglobin for direct measurement. source: Iâm a lab tech.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Reddit had a great food science community before the API freakout
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Very fancy way of saying soap
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
It isnât. Soap is the salt of a fatty acid, sodium lauryl sulfate is a salt, but not of a fatty acid. Both are surfactants (meaning it breaks surface tensions), but have some different properties. A relevant difference in cosmetics is that SLS strips oils waaay better, which can damage your skin barrier and your hair. For some people it works fine, for others itâs too harsh and soap is better. (For me it damages my hair structure and thus makes my waves lackluster, but is fine in shower gel)