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[Dedworth]

It surprises me how many usually sensible people run the risk of disfigurement by allowing unregulated itinerant beach traders to "henna tattoo" them

Scarred for life by henna tattoo



This is the horrific damage done to a ten-year-old's arm after a holiday henna tattoo went disastrously wrong.

The scarring in the pattern of the tattoo's design may be permanent, doctors have warned.

Charlie Wallace had the tattoo done on the last day of his holiday in Marmaris, Turkey, with parents Pauline and Steve Wallace.

'I had my doubts about it but he was really insistent. I asked holidaymakers and the reps at the complex, and they said it was fine, there was no problem,' said Mrs Wallace, 36. 'He had one and it was fine.

'When the last day was coming, he wanted a new one to show his friends. We went back and it was a different lady. A few hours after it was done, it started swelling up.


http://www.metro.co.uk/news/211260-s...y-henna-tattoo


Each to their own but in the UK no doubt this self harm is treated at taxpayers expense by the NHS

[subseastu]

It surprises me how many usually sensible people run the risk of disfigurement by allowing unregulated itinerant beach traders to "henna tattoo" them

Scarred for life by henna tattoo



This is the horrific damage done to a ten-year-old's arm after a holiday henna tattoo went disastrously wrong.

The scarring in the pattern of the tattoo's design may be permanent, doctors have warned.

Charlie Wallace had the tattoo done on the last day of his holiday in Marmaris, Turkey, with parents Pauline and Steve Wallace.

'I had my doubts about it but he was really insistent. I asked holidaymakers and the reps at the complex, and they said it was fine, there was no problem,' said Mrs Wallace, 36. 'He had one and it was fine.

'When the last day was coming, he wanted a new one to show his friends. We went back and it was a different lady. A few hours after it was done, it started swelling up.


http://www.metro.co.uk/news/211260-s...y-henna-tattoo


Each to their own but in the UK no doubt this self harm is treated at taxpayers expense by the NHS

Calling this self harm is a little harsh isn't it. The lad was ten and just unlucky for goodness sake. He didn't sit there a burn it into his own arm did he. I'm not supporting unlicenced tattoo palours or anything but the lad was on holiday and got a henna done just like thousand of other people.