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Originally Posted by Salome
Oh, I didn't mean the consumers but rather the people who use it ON consumers. I had no idea about black henna being dangerous and frankly if I'm being honest I would simply trust/assume the person doing the design knew what they were using/doing.
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They are either ignorant of the dangers or don't care. A friend of mine recently got a black henna. When I saw it I told her that there is no such thing as black henna. She insisted that there was because she had it done by a Somali woman. I told her that natural henna is red and to get it black they have to add something to it such as hair dye.
Sure enough it started itching within hours, then her whole hand became red and swollen and even the side of her face and ear. She had ppd poisoning. She knew because she had the same reaction a few years ago from a ppd hair dye.
Understand that even if the person doing it is from "over there", these are uneducated women who have no knowledge of chemistry and do not know the dangers of using modern substances that are not natural. We've seen similar problems with eye make up. Unfortunately there are still far too many people who are not aware of the dangers in these products.