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7-year-old girl experienced chemical burns from Henna Tattoos

The 7-year-old girl Madison Gulliver who went to Egypt with her parents for holidays came back with a traumatic experienced with the so called Henna Tattoo.



Her parents wanted to give her a treat as they thought that was temporary tattoo would be perfect for Holidays, unexpectedly it turned out to be a horrific experienced.


Henna is a special temporary dye made from henna tree and a couple of other plants and has been used for centuries to make tattoos without a problem. Madison's tattoo was made out of henna and  made of suggest that henna in over all was toxic but in fact there was something else that caused the burns.



Black henna often contains PPD at high levels, to gives the natural reddish-brown dye black tint. When applied to the akin in the form of a black henna temporary tattoo, p-Phenylenediamine (PPD) can cause chemical burns and lead to allergic reactions.


“SHE IS POTENTIALLY SCARRED FOR LIFE AFTER GETTING A BLACK HENNA TATTOO. THE TATTOO WAS DONE IN THE HOTEL’S SALON AND THEY CLAIM IT’S NOT THE HENNA AND THAT IT’S MY DAUGHTER’S SKIN. SHE HAS BLISTERS FROM HER FINGER TO HER ELBOW AND IS IN SO MUCH PAIN,” her father said.

“WE WERE ENTIRELY UNAWARE OF THE DANGERS AND I THINK THEY SHOULD WARN OF THIS IN THE BROCHURES. I THINK IT’S PARTLY MY FAULT BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO THE FAULT OF THE SALON BECAUSE THEY ARE USING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS ON CHILDREN. WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE TRAVEL AGENTS WOULD HAVE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THIS,” he added.

The family is sharing their experience so that it won't happen to anyone else.

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