Good lord, it burns! Stay away

I figured out something today! Here is a product review and a mystery solved:

TL;DR- Don't use Radiant Colgate Optic White Beauty toothpaste. It causes sensitivity, burns, cuts and other unpleasant side effects, well documented by lots of other consumers. Hydrogen peroxide in toothpaste = OUCH!

I have been using the Colgate Optic White Beauty toothpaste on and off for a few months. It seemed to work quite well at whitening my teeth, but I didn't like how sensitive my mouth felt so would only use it 2/3 times a week. I didn't think much of it at the time.

During this time, I also started having issues with the swelling of my tongue, sore skin in my mouth, cuts on my lips, cuts in the corner of my lips and pain. I thought it was something to do with my diet, and tried making some changes. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I've been using chapstick regularly, and still this kept happening.

Today I was looking for causes of this and remedies online, and stumbled across other compaints from people who had issues with the Colgate Optic White toothpaste. They sound very similar to mine. I realized that the soreness and cuts always matched when I was using the toothpaste. I just used it before I started googling the issue, and feel silly for not realizing this was causing it earlier. My tongue is definitely swollen, my mouth is sore, the cuts keep opening up- and all of it seems much more painful right after brushing my teeth with this toothpaste tonight.

I am very concerned that this product is still on shelves when there are so many people who have had bad reactions to it. I have trusted the Colgate brand for most of my life, and I am very disappointed to have had this experience with this product. It's gotten to the point where every time I open my mouth to eat something or yawn, the cuts in the corner of my mouth open up again.

I'd highly recommend avoiding this toothpaste, or seeing if you have the same issues before using it everyday. I'm writing to Colgate to complain about this product, and hope this review helps some of you not go through the same pain as I did!