Does perfume have any effect on babies?

Many female friends pay great attention to their image before having a baby, and after having a baby, they still want to be a hot mom to make their lives more fulfilling. Perfume is a must-have item for women. Many women stop using any cosmetics during pregnancy for fear of affecting the fetus. If hot moms use perfume, will it affect the baby? Moms can learn together whether it is okay to use perfume when taking care of the baby.

Cosmetics, air fresheners, and detergents are daily necessities that we use very often, and they all contain perfume ingredients.

2. Perfume contains a lot of chemical ingredients that are harmful to baby's health

Perfumes contain a lot of fragrances. At least 5,000 chemical ingredients are needed to make fragrances. Each perfume contains more than 600 chemical ingredients. Among these more than 5,000 chemical ingredients, 20% have undergone toxicity tests, and the results have proven that they are toxic and are listed as dangerous goods by many countries.

Do you know how these chemical components in perfume invade the human body? They can enter the human body through the mouth, nose and skin, and then reach all parts of the body through blood circulation, and then cause damage to the corresponding parts of the human body!

3. Perfume can easily cause asthma in babies

The chemical components of fragrances are particularly harmful to the skin and lungs. Many people experience side effects such as urticaria and dermatitis after using fragrances. Fragrances have a great impact on patients with chronic lung diseases, especially asthma. According to statistics, in the United States alone, up to 75% (approximately 9 million patients) of asthma cases are triggered by perfume.

Fragrances have a powerful effect on the brain. Linalool, a component found in perfumes and other fragrances, can cause low mood, depression, and even life-threatening respiratory diseases.

Parents should note that children are more susceptible to the effects of fragrances than adults! If women use perfume for a long time, the chemical components of the perfume will accumulate in the body, which will harm the health of the baby through breast milk during breastfeeding. In addition, parents who frequently spray perfume will poison the air breathed by their children, causing them to have difficulty concentrating, learning disabilities, and excessive activity. In severe cases, it may even induce convulsions, developmental delays and other hazards.

Perfume can also cause headaches (especially migraines), sneezing, watery eyes, difficulty breathing, dizziness, sore throat, chest tightness, and hyperactivity in sensitive children.

Some mothers think that there is an unpleasant smell in the baby's room, so they use a lot of air freshener to dilute the smell. Little do people know that air fresheners contain a lot of perfume, and some of the gases produced after chemical decomposition in the air are themselves air pollutants. In addition, air fresheners do not react with the gases in the air that cause odors. They only rely on confusing people's sense of smell to "dilute" the odor. Therefore, they cannot achieve the purpose of decomposing harmful gases and refreshing the air. The editor recommends that if there is an odor in the baby's room, it is best not to use air freshener. You can use natural methods to freshen the air, such as growing potted plants or placing grapefruit peels.

Perfume contains a large amount of toxic chemicals. Adults have the ability to excrete these toxins from the body, but children's immune systems are imperfect and it is difficult for them to excrete toxins through physiological regulation. Therefore, for the health of the baby, the editor recommends that mothers use less products containing perfume.