I would just avoid the situation all together. Security can be a pain. My friend had traveled a month or two ago when they had just enacted the new liquids ban. She had a full tube of toothpaste in her carry on bag. When they saw it on X-ray the guard began screaming "stand down, stand down." My friend of course had no idea what that even meant. She just stood there as this security guard screamed at her on her little power trip. In the end she was searched, they confiscated the toothpaste and she went on her merry way.