Can I wear makeup during feeding? Can I wear makeup while breastfeeding?

It's best not to wear makeup.

For beauty-loving mothers-to-be, especially those women who usually don't wear makeup and don't go out, whether they can wear makeup during pregnancy is indeed a tangled matter. He Fang believes that in fact, there is no need to be too entangled, under normal circumstances, makeup can be done during pregnancy.

Of course, the premise is to choose cosmetics that do not contain alcohol, hormones, heavy metals, mineral oils, chemical agents and chemical fragrances, especially away from products containing mercury. "Try to choose organic, plant-based cosmetics that are safe and safe, and it's best to wear light makeup, not too heavy makeup.

Can you wear makeup during postpartum lactation, this is the most common question asked by many novice mothers who love beauty. The so-called love of beauty, everyone has it, mothers after a long period of no-makeup pregnancy, after giving birth to a baby, they hope to dress themselves up beautifully, this psychology can be understood by everyone. It's just that if you are still breastfeeding, for the sake of your baby's health, it is better to recommend mothers to keep no makeup.

Because breastfeeding mothers wear makeup is harmful to breastfeeding infants and young children. The baby's **delicate, rich blood vessels, so it can absorb a variety of substances, new mothers out of joy, every day will can't help but kiss and contact with children countless times, so that it will inadvertently transfer cosmetics to children.

Even if the amount of sex hormones contained in general cosmetics is relatively small, if it is exposed to it for a long time, it will accumulate in the baby's body, which can cause precocious puberty or abnormal sexual development in children.

Some new mothers are worried that after giving birth to a baby, they will age faster, so they apply anti-aging cosmetics on their faces, but they do not know that these cosmetics will contain a large amount of estrogen. Even if the mother does not kiss the baby, she must apply cosmetics with her hands, and if the hands stained with hormones touch the baby again, it will indirectly bring hormones to them, which will bring unexpected harm to the baby.

According to relevant experts, the fragrance synthesized from coal tar is widely used in a variety of cosmetics, and the aldehyde products have a great toxic effect on human DNA, and their products are very easy to cause DNA deformity and mutation, thereby inducing cancer.

In addition, many cosmetic pigments, such as whitening cosmetics, contain lead, chromium, mercury and other heavy metals, and some anti-aging cosmetics also contain estrogen, once these cosmetics are absorbed, long-term use can cause uterine cancer and breast cancer. There are also some cosmetics that contain nitrosodiethanolamine, a strong carcinogen, which is easy to induce liver cancer.

Experts also said that the toxicity of many cosmetics is a long-term effect, which is generally not easy to detect in a short period of time, but if it accumulates over time, it will induce cancer. Therefore, it is recommended that cosmetics should be used with caution, especially for pregnant and lactating women, so as to prevent the carcinogens and teratogenic substances in cosmetics from sneaking into the fetus through contact, or entering the body of children with milk, poisoning the fetus or the health of infants and young children.

In addition, babies should not use cosmetics, because babies are delicate and have strong absorption, and carcinogens and teratogenic substances can easily accumulate in the body, which may become a time bomb that induces cancer in the future.

Experts especially pointed out that lipstick (lipstick) is a complex chemical product, in which a variety of pigments and coal tar dyes are very harmful to the human body, and some pigments have a direct carcinogenic effect on the human body, so it is best for lactating mothers not to use lipstick cosmetics.