Gosh how scary! I had never thought about an allergic reaction to this, which I now wonder why when as a family we have quite a few allergies to contend with. Definitely something to be aware of.

at least he is healing but what a scary experience that would have been for the family! on the bright side, it’s better to have found this out now and this way vs something more major. Hope he heals well though

Anything like that including hair colour (a lot have henna in them), you should have a skin test before using it on larger skin area.

Poor little kid. Looks nasty.

Poor little man! it is scary how simple things are have such a terrifying impact on our lives

Holy moley! I have heard of this reaction before years ago, I hope he will be ok, at least his scar will look cool

That’s a huge reaction, how scary !
Hope & pray Theo recovers well & soon and that he’s able to stay away from the henna tattoo chemical para-phenylene diamine for the rest of his life.

that is such a horrible thing to have happen and that is a big nasty looking reaction. Hope he makes a fully recovery and it doesn’t scar!

Oh, not nice at all. Didn’t something similar happen a couple of months ago, maybe in Bali?

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  That is the story I remember reading about – quite a nasty reaction.

GOSH that’s a very large tattoo as well…praying for a speedy recovery for this chap.

I’ve heard of this often enough that my kids won’t e trying it.

I believe there was another similar case just a little while ago – very scary for the child and the family.

The poor boy had his holiday ruined by this,l have heard of a few cases where this has happen.