Re: Scar Tissue That I Wish You Saw...

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: Hi! : Before you put a lot of henna over your scar (or anywhere else) do a : small patch test on the healed scar and some undamaged skin. You : will in most likely not have any problems, but better safe than sorry : (especially if you react as strongly as you did to the steri- : strips). : I know from experience that you can become allergic to most anything : even after having used it many times in the past. I used to dye my : hair all the time and never did a patch test until one day my whole : head broke out in hives! Now I can't even use semi-perm to cover my : gray. : Although your experience might be an isolated event (let's hope), I : think it is likely you will be allergic to the adhesive on the Steri- : Strips now. Once your Ie-antigens determine that something is to be : fought against they will take up war with it every time it comes into : contact with that particular item. It will not matter how much time : between exposures. See if your doctor will do a dermatologic : sensitivity patch test on you before you use the Steri-Strips or : other types of adhesive. : Power to you! : Kat : : : (Credit to Red Hot Chili Peppers on my Subject Title...) : : Hello hello! I've got a funktified question for ya'll. Recently : I've : : had surgery and my skin broke out into horrifying blisters from the : : Steri-Strips that was left over the scar. I've never had a reaction : to : : Steri-Strips before (which is basically paper tape, I think), and : my : : Dr. told me that the configuration of the post-surgical skin may : have : : changed enough to have a sensitivity to the strips. I've also had : : radiation done on the same patch of skin... (I don't recommend : cancer : : in any form to anybody... :) ) : : This makes me wonder if Henna could have the same effect on that : patch : : of skin. Of the wizened bunch of you, have any of you had problems : : with scar tissue, and/or has the henna stained differently on such : : areas of the body? I would like to know for when I do henna on : others : : and myself (seeing as I come across radiated scar tissue SOOOO : often). : : Until then, I won't be touching my own scar tissue with Mehndi...

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