Hello, everyone! I am Yuan Chao, a professional dermatologist.
Nowadays, many people, in order to make their holidays more comfortable, will choose to go to the seaside for vacation. Bright sunshine, pleasant sand beaches, beautiful coast… leave not only good memories, but also [henna tattoo] on their bodies!
Henna tattoo is a temporary tattoo. In the process of drawing, no needle is needed. After a period of time, the tattoo pattern will automatically fade, or it can be washed off manually. Therefore, henna tattoo has become a new favorite of many tattoo controls.
But! Temporary tattoos are definitely not temporary, such tattoos may also cause serious allergic reactions!
Regarding the safety of tattoos and related precautions, Dr Yuan mentioned in the article of the public number earlier: [tattoos are not something you can write if you want]. Today, let’s talk about the skin sequelae that temporary tattoos may leave behind.
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[henna tattoo] Where is the poison?
In order to increase the diversity of henna, tattoo makers will add some synthetic dyes or metal elements to the raw materials, from which brown henna, wine red henna and black henna come.
At the same time, in order to enhance the coloring effect, some raw materials also add p-phenylenediamine, in fact, many people are allergic to this substance. But this, just like some people eat mango to know that they are allergic to mango, before your tattoo, no one can predict!
Besides, the operation safety of the small manual tattoo workshop on the beach is very low, and the probability of problems is even higher.
[henna tattoo] is a high-risk behavior,
During the holidays, our dermatologists will see many cases of henna tattoo allergy.
At the same time, the famous New England magazine also published a special report on henna tattoos: the beautiful 19-year-old Kuwaiti bride will get married in a week. The henna tattoo before marriage caused dermatitis and hyperplasia.
However, it is a great pity that so far, there are still many people who do not know the toxicity of henna tattoos and have been repeatedly recruited!ThisThere are also many young people among them. For people of this age group, temporary tattoos are more dangerous!
Let’s look at a set of data:
- Studies have found that nearly 50% of children’s skin patch tests (a diagnostic test for allergy to ingredients) have positive results. Among them, 4.7% of children are allergic to phenylenediamine (a dye, an important component in hair dye, which is often added to temporary tattoos to increase dyeing effect); The average age of patients positive for p-phenylenediamine is 12.4 years old, accounting for 44.2% of men. The allergens of more than 50% of cases are henna tattoos, which is what we call temporary tattoos.
However, it should be stressed here that temporary tattoos are definitely not temporary!
Because temporary tattoos may not only cause dermatitis, but also cause pigmentation, hypopigmentation, local hirsutism, skin infection and even scar hyperplasia. Some serious patients may also have systemic symptoms such as fever and discomfort.
Can I still do temporary tattoos?
So how should we face temporary tattoos? Here are a few key messages:
- Children or teenagers must not have temporary tattoos. The probability of allergy among children of this age group is much higher than that among adults. Allergic constitution, or allergic to hair dye, do not easily try temporary tattoos; The materials used for temporary tattoos are not absolutely all plants, nor are they absolutely temporary in time. On the way to pursue individuality and publicity, please carefully choose temporary tattoos. Even if you want to make tattoos, you need to be cautious and careful, and you must choose a professional tattoo artist. If you have local skin problems, please seek the help of a dermatologist immediately.
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