Can pregnancy continue to use perfume?

Can pregnancy continue to use perfume?

Can pregnancy continue to use perfume?
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It seems that perfume is widely used during our daily lives, especially for office people.  We wear garment, we wear makeups, we wear different scent to identify ourselves. 

However,  the situation may be different after pregnancy. You will have a lot of physiological changes, including obvious changes in smell and taste, and some perfume flavors can make you sick, dizzy, headache.


The ingredients of the perfume include natural and synthetic fragrances, as well as some chemical compounds. Generally, the chemical components in these fragrances are safe for pregnant women and the fetus, but some unproven animal studies suggest that the chemical components in certain fragrances may have some adverse effects on the health of the offspring. 

For safety, it is recommended not to use the perfume containing chemical composition during pregnancy, what can be safely used is 100% pure natural, no added perfume.

 Thus,  frequent perfume is not recommended if not for important occasions.

In order to make oneself become a good scent woman, you can consider the use of fragrant body spray, skin care lotion and so on. Their taste are lighter and less alcohol than perfumes, and some ingredients can also help reduce nausea and vomiting such as mint, ginger, cardamom, citrus, lavender, roses, chamomile, etc. 

Not only use these  natural plants and flowers fragrant spray and skin lotion to let you emit,  also use the essential oil extracted from these plants for incense or massage, which will help you relieve discomfort symptoms during pregnancy. 

In addition, other soaps, lotion, and skin care products used during pregnancy should be  all natural ingredients, without any chemical compounds added.

 Applying perfume is prohibited to hospital staffs.

Because 30% of people are allergic to artificial fragrances. And 25% of asthma patients are afraid to such artificial fragrances, which will worsen the symptom. Cigarette flavor and artificial fragrance are the most common irritants among the inducing factors of asthma.

 In this case, not only for medical staffs, but also for all hospital visitors, better not use artificial perfume when go to hospital.