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[Lesley]

Anyone had problems with theirs?

 

Lauren had a small one on holiday in Turkey and it was fine and disappeared after a week so she had another one the day before she came home......a lovely dragon.....and it now looks just like this which we've found since Googling for problems........

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1306308/Seven-year-old-boy-left-burned-blistered-scarred-henna-tattoo.html?ITO=1490

 

She's just been taken to the GP but I wondered if anyone on here has had these problems? They were described as black henna but my daughter has just read that there is no such thing and they use black hair dye

[LuckyChickenLover-]

Oh Lesley how awful for you

 

I don't have any experience with this sort of thing as any I've had have been fine and dissapear within a few days.

 

I hope she's ok

[Chucky Mama]

I hope that she is OK Lesley. We steer well clear of them. DD has a friend that had one done and now has a permanent scar in the shape of the tattoo that she had We have heard other similar stories of people reacting badly too them and scaring too.

[Lesley]

Lauren's Mum and Dad have always said 'no' as well but Lauren.....being Lauren ........and twelve and a half........

 

She's back from the doctor's and has antibiotics and antihistamines - she has to go back in two weeks to see how it is going. As if she doesn't have enough hospital appointments anyway - she now has three in that week

 

I notice some of the comments in the article I linked to are a bit unnecessary - as if no-one else has ever had any holiday fun........like hair braids with their little bit of glue, or going on a banana boat, riding on a donkey before the days of wearing helmets, water flumes at the water park........or even piercings back at home........all have a slight risk.

[The Dogmother]

Uuuh hh, that's a die, not black Henna (no such thing!) a friend had one done and the scar took a year to fade. There's quite a racket in these going on abroad and some people have had bad reactions and scarring. Use aloe gel on it to ease the irritation and help healing.

 

I used to do Mehndi (henna tattoos) a few years ago and often sported them myself. A real henna 'tattoo' should be a rust brown and gradually fade. The henna smells wonderful as it cures, but it needs to be left on for a few hours at least, or overnight, to cure. Which is why they don't use it in resorts.

[Lesley]

I know - hindsight is a wonderful thing, Lauren's Mum is busy beating herself up

[Chucky Mama]

Poor thing, how unlucky.

[The Dogmother]

I know - hindsight is a wonderful thing, Lauren's Mum is busy beating herself up

 

Please tell her not to, I understand that these people spin a convincing yarn.

[Egluntyne]

Poor Lauren, what rotten luck over something that should have been a bit of fun.

[The Dogmother]

tell her to stick with those stick-on ones you get free on comics

 

It will heal in time, so no long-lasting damage done.

[Lesley]

tell her to stick with those stick-on ones you get free on comics

 

It will heal in time, so no long-lasting damage done.

 

There have been some that have caused some horrendous problems - hopefully, Lauren's will clear up. She's always sporting those stick-on ones .....she's obsessed by tattoos and we were thankful that she doesn't like needles and was never likely to get a real one when she was older

 

The awful thing is that they are being touted as henna and deliberately aimed at youngsters

[cathybc]

a friend at work had a bad reaction to one too, had to have antihistamines and antibiotics. Hope Lauren's gets better soon x

[SarahJo]

Oh Lesley - poor Lauren. The henna tatoo's are all the rage - I only let my 2 have the stick on ones - they sometimes get "Speedo" ones at swimming comps with purchases and they last for ages .

 

If they have used a dye of some sort these can be nasty - just like the hair dye bad reactions

 

Hope she is ok and does not have any permanent damage - why do people scam with children

[Looney]

Ooh 'eck I hope it clears up, poor Lauren (and her Mum)

 

The problem is we trust that people are selling what they say they are selling, and certainly don't ever imagine (unless we've read it in the papers) that they would do something that is actually harmful to anyone. Judging people by our own standards....as you say hindsight is a marvellous thing.

 

Fingers crossed the mark will fade and disappear.

[The Dogmother]

One of the youngsters at work had one of those done, in a 'tramp stamp' as I believe they call them, across the small of her back. It was really sore and nasty when she showed it to me, so I sent her off to see her GP. Some of them seem to go down after the initial irritation, others get infected if they scratch at them.

[Lewis]

Hope she's ok Lesley

 

We all had the henna ones at Children In Need a few years ago - it peels off but lasts for a few days

[deejmum]

My daughter had the exact same thing in egypt a couple of years ago, I felt so guilty, it was about a week after we got back it went all red and blistery, I had no idea this could happen or I never would have done it obviously. It took a few weeks to completely dissappear, and I was terrified that she would have a butterfly scar on her arm for life, but she is fine now, no effects at all since it went.

 

I really felt stupid when I got back home and everyone else had heard of the potential problems of these things! So many kids had them whilst we were out there that it didnt cross my mind that it would be a problem.

 

I think we trusted the place as well because it was in our 5 star hotel complex and didnt expect Thomsons to have any thing dodgy in a place that they sell or at least a warning would have been appreciated!

Never again though!

[batcatz]

Hi Lesley, I hope Lauren is okay and that the tattoo fades in time. Mine has!

 

I had a black henna tattoo done in Rhodes years ago and still have the mark, although it's not as big as the original tatoo; has faded a lot and is hardly noticeable now. There's still a white/red mark on the top of my arm - scar I guess. It started to blister up the next day in the sun and felt like it was burning. I don't remember going to the Dr or getting antihistamines though. The reaction is caused by PPD apparently. Para-phenylenediamine.

 

http://www.hennapage.com/henna/ppd/gotodoctor.html

 

Don't be too scared by this article though. I think it's if you get your hair dyed black... not sure. I've never had an allergic reaction to anything since and get my hair highlighted.

[Lesley]

Thank you both. My daughter is still annoyed that she let Lauren have one but it's good to hear that she will probably be OK. The scar is all scabby now and very itchy. My daughter doesn't read newspapers and doesn't like watching the news as she finds it all so depressing so she hadn't come across it before.

 

We have been reading about the P P D and some of it is quite scary - hopefully it doesn't affect everyone in the same way. After looking at some of the online photos at least she didn't have Thomas the Tank Engine like one poor lad!