Nowadays there are many mosquito repellent products, but many mosquito repellent products are added to the repellent amine and other chemicals, or else the flavor is very strong, the use of human body feels very uncomfortable. When you have a baby at home and need to repel mosquitoes, parents will look for natural mosquito repellent products, citronella oil mosquito repellent for babies have an impact?

Citronella oil has a certain effect on babies. Citronella oil is not toxic, but it has a large number of aldehydes, these components are prone to cause skin allergies, once the citronella oil is not diluted or a large number of use, the newborn inhaled the aldehydes in the citronella oil, it is easy to lead to skin allergies, skin itching, rashes and other irritating allergic reactions.

The baby's skin is delicate and thin, itself is susceptible to external stimuli and allergic reactions, bring harm to the skin, once the use of citronella oil mosquito repellent will increase the skin allergic reaction. In addition, the flavor of citronella oil smells stronger, more irritating, with citronella oil mosquito repellent, the baby smell will be very uncomfortable.

The baby's resistance to the outside world is relatively poor, if you want to repel mosquitoes, you should choose physical mosquito repellent methods, such as hanging mosquito nets, installing screens or screen door barriers, etc., although it is more troublesome, but will not hurt the baby. When the baby is a little bigger and stronger, you can use citronella oil and other mosquito repellent products.