Mosquito bites are more likely to bite women who wear makeup

    　Mosquitoes use smell to find the most suitable objects in the crowd. Cholesterol and vitamins are two substances that pesky insects like mosquitoes need to survive but cannot produce on their own.

　　Mosquitoes have a strong sense of smell. When humans exhale carbon dioxide and other odors, these odors diffuse in the air, and these odors are like dinner bells, telling mosquitoes that a delicious meal is just around the corner.

　　When a mosquito tracks its target, it always follows the scent of people's exhaled breath and zigzags until it contacts the target, and then lands on it. skin I patiently searched for a "breakthrough" and finally inserted the "needle" directly into the skin to suck blood for 8-10 seconds.

　　Most cosmetics contain stearic acid (a type of fatty acid), so people who wear makeup are more "popular" with mosquitoes than those who don't. As for a person's cholesterol level, it won't affect a mosquito's judgment unless there is enough cholesterol stored close to the epidermis. Of course, there are some smells that mosquitoes hate, such as bay leaf, lemongrass oil, lemongrass, garlic and geraniol.

　　Another study showed that pregnant women are more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes than non-pregnant women. female 1x higher. Researchers believe that the breath exhaled by women during pregnancy contains a variety of different chemicals, making them targets for malarial mosquito bites. In addition, pregnant women have a higher body temperature and sweat more, which is a good base for the growth of skin bacteria. These two reasons make pregnant women more susceptible to mosquitoes than other women.