Henna is a plant-based dye created from the henna tree.

A mom within the United Kingdom is warning different dad and mom concerning the risks of henna tattoos with “black ink” as she claims that it left her younger daughter with burns and scars. 

Taking to Facebook, Kirsty Newton revealed that her 7-year-old daughter Matilda received a tattoo of a butterfly at their resort whereas on trip in Turkey final month. However, as a substitute of a reasonably reminiscence, the little woman was left hospitalised with an oozing chemical burn within the form of a butterfly, the New York Post reported. 

“Please be cautious when letting your children have Henna tattoos!! Matilda had a henna tattoo on holiday and it was absolutely fine, a week later she has had an allergic reaction,” Ms Newton wrote on Facebook whereas sharing photographs of the henna tattoos. 

“The doctor has since told us that sometimes extra pigment is used, especially abroad because the laws are not the same as the UK. Unfortunately because henna is designed to stay on the skin the allergen also stays which means she will continue to react to it. She has piriton and antibiotic cream and we are monitoring it for any changes in case of infection,” she added. 

According to the Post, the ordeal started when the household of 4 returned residence to England from trip. Soon after, Ms Newton seen Matilda’s tattoo rising pink and itchy and finally burning her pores and skin. When the 7-year-old’s burns started to crack and bleed, the mom rushed the woman to the hospital, the place the docs confirmed she was having an allergic response to black henna. 

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“The hospital said it was an allergic reaction to the black henna used, and she won’t be able to use hair dye when she’s older,” Ms Newton stated. “She had been sick on Thursday night [before we went to get her medication], which the doctors said could have been part of the reaction, and she had a rash on her tummy too,” she added. 

To assist her pores and skin, the woman was then given allergy capsules, in addition to topical steroids and antibiotic lotions. The mom believes that p-phenylenediamine (PPD) – a chemical generally present in darkish hair dyes and a typical ingredient added to henna – triggered her daughter’s response. 

Now, Ms Newton hopes that the medication given to Matilda will begin working to heal the burn. 

Notably, henna is a plant-based dye created from the henna tree. The leaves of the henna plant include a pure colouring pigment that’s used for momentary physique artwork, colouring hair, dye pores and skin, and fingernails in addition to materials akin to leather-based, wool, and silk.