The dangers of henna tattoos
It might seem like harmless fun getting a henna or temporary or henna tattoo while you are on holiday in Bali, but I have read a few stories now of people having skin problems when they get back home from their holiday, especially with children.
The West online newspaper reports the story of Mrs Kneale and her twin 11-year-old daughters Chloe and Holly who got henna tattoos in Bali.
After landing, Chloe was in agony and wound up at Princess Margaret Hospital facing the prospect of plastic surgery after the henna blistered and burnt her skin red raw.
Mrs Kneale said her daughter’s trauma was akin to someone pouring acid on her skin.
She decided to speak out to warn other parents against allowing their children to get henna tattoos in Bali.
“It was bubbling and . . . it would pop, ooze a yellow substance, and then as soon as it popped it would start blistering again,” she said. “It was like a third-degree burn, she was in agony.”
Cannon Cribb who is just five years old from Queensland had a dragon painted on his arm in Bali. He had similar trouble and his parent’s fear the tattoo will leave a permanent scar.
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I got a henna tattoo in Bali about a year ago I have had many before so I thought nothing of it. bad idea, I got a big one on my arm, about 2 hours later it started getting itchy and over the few days it realy started blistering and pussing out yellow fluid, then it would just blister again. it was very swollen for weeks. my chest swelled up and it was hard to breathe. what a holiday ruin! its been over a year and the scar is still there. never again
well about henna tatoo never use black henna tatoo because usually it is a hair dye that is use for tattoo. Make sure to ask your tattoo artist from where they got the henna. The real henna comes from India and that one is herbal so no harm. And the color usually red not black