Tuesday, January 18, 2011

HENNA TATTOO: BEWARE OF ALLERGIES!

Mainly in the popular tourist resorts, many artists offer henna tattoos. A fashion that some holidaymakers will find it difficult to forget because that can cause serious inconvenience allergic to return from vacation, with social repercussions.

The henna tattoos, a fashion started by young Germans, usually disappear within two weeks following their application. However, the German Medical Association has issued an alert about the risks of these tattoos may contain chemicals which are very likely to cause allergies are very difficult to treat. In fact, henna, not as natural as it is often enriched with p-phenylenediamine (PPD), which is used to better fix the color on the skin. Thus, instead of disappearing without a problem, the tattoo causes a few weeks later allergies and dermatitis in a growing number of tourists. Drawing returns to its original location in a form reddish, sometimes with pain. If treatment for 3 to 4 weeks can overcome these conditions, traces may still persist for months.

Some businesses become inaccessible

Socially, these allergies are not without effect, because these tattoos cause hypersensitivity to PPD. This product is used in many industrial sectors, many professions become permanently inaccessible to these patients, such as hairdressing, crafts leather, rubber and many other activities.
Henna fashion continues to grow, formerly located in Mallorca, Tenerife, Phuket or Bali, it has now reached the French and Italian resorts, but is also practiced increasingly in major European cities where the tattoo Henna, installed in the street, offering their designs to walkers. An information campaign is indispensable and urgent to prevent many youth unnecessary pain and disability business.

 

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