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Originally Posted by lizaj
That as the first and only time I had had a black henna tatoo. Mine wasn't any other reaction but that it burnt me.  |
Do you colour your hair?
I learnt about PPD the hard way (& the hennaforhair.com site).
I used to colour my hair all the time, a couple of times it itched but I thought nothing of it, perhaps some dye was left on my scalp had dried and caused me to itch. Then after another colour, my head started to itch, my head began to swell. I got blisters all over my scalp, I was so swollen my eyes shut. I had to sleep propped upright for several days. I had to keep rinsing my hair in cool water to wash away the blister ooze, when I finally could lie down I had to place towels over my pillows because my scalp was weeping.
With lots of antihistamines the swelling went down but my head took ages to heal. PPD is horrible stuff.
I've seen pictures of ladies who have been left with bald patches after less severe burning than I had and I consider myself very lucky.
I imagine the people who are using 'black' henna are buying pre-bought mixes and are ignorant of the potential dangers as are those getting henna work. Perhaps them getting sued because they've burnt someone would make them take notice.
Perhaps we should take a lead and if we hire someone to do henna at a show we ask them what they use.
I now colour my hair with henna and indigo.
Allergies can strike at any time, I'd been colouring my hair for many years before this happened.