scrion , 3 hours ago

DEET works, but is also not exactly healthy and does irritate both skin and mucus membranes. Also, applying DEET over sunscreen reduces the effect of the sunscreen by about 30%. Unless you are in a tropical environment with dangers of Malaria carrying insects, (P)Icaridin is a good alternative:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25936273/

www.sciencedirect.com/topics/…/icaridin

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25522134/

academic.oup.com/jtm/article/25/…/4990399