My girlfriends allergic reaction to henna(appeared a month later)

    by Aisthetiks

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    1. Was that real henna (greeny-brown, smells like leaves), or was it “black henna”?

    2. shit-talkingmushroom on

      Omg this happened to me when I was about 10 and I had the scar for aaaaaages. Tell your girlfriend to be careful if she’s going to dye her hair because she’s now allergic to PPD. Not kidding.

    3. shiftbackslash on

      That looks like a reaction to black henna, especially a month later.  

      She needs to be careful as it causes a PPD allergy which is in a lot of dyes as well as orange peels.  

    4. Fake henna full of chemicals most likely. Fyi ask how old the henna is, the real stuff has a short shelf life.

    5. I reacted to henna, but from the sounds of your responses to others, your gf and I reacted to different things. Mine reacted fast, and as soon as I got home I had to scrub it off. It sucked because it was so pretty, too

    6. Once I sat for a (real) tattoo for 6 hours. Had a reaction to the tape he stuck the clingwrap down with. It was proper skin safe paper tape. Not for me!

    7. Sweety-Lifeguard on

      this is lowkey scary 😭 the fact it showed up a whole month later would have me questioning everything i put on my skin from now on… like delayed reactions are a different level of stress 💀

    8. realsecretfairy on

      Oh my god, I remember getting a fake hello kitty tattoo as a kid that ended up as a scar that stayed for YEARS and I never knew what it was but I think it was black henna now that I see this. Thanks for solving a mystery of mine lol

    9. Upvotespoodles on

      She needs to skip black hair dye because she can get anaphylaxis. This type of allergy accelerates and can be very dangerous. Looks kinda cool for a burn, though lol

    10. Garu_van_perro on

      I had an allergic reaction to black henna, but it almost within a day, not a month. It did looked like the picture for almost a month. Natural henna on the other hand it’s ok.

    11. LadyArwen4124 on

      I had henna done for my wedding. Got it done like 2 weeks before. A week after, on the honeymoon, I had an allergic reaction.

    12. I had that on my wedding day lol. Needed steroids bc it was this bad. My Skin was so red and inflamed lol i still have the scar and a good wedding story

    13. Stunning_Gap2580 on

      My mom encouraged me to get a “henna tattoo” (now knowing it was black henna) when I was 10 and we were on vacation and my reaction was just like OPs picture.
      Now I know why when I got my hair dyed 12 years later I had the worst allergic reaction to it. Hives, lymph nodes in my neck swollen massively, so much pain.

    14. spaghettifiasco on

      Pro tip, don’t get henna done at any kind of major tourist location, festival, theme park, et cetera. It’s almost always black henna. The only time I’ve gotten henna done is at craft fairs in a place with a higher than usual Desi population and I confirmed that the artist had mixed their own henna.

    15. AGrandNewAdventure on

      The henna is still probably present subdermally. I know my current tattoos sometimes get a little testy when I’m having an allergic reaction that might not even be related.

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