Re: does a 'natural' henna causeany burns?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on April 20, 2000 at 15:04:26:
In Reply to: does a 'natural' henna causeany burns? posted by george on April 20, 2000 at 14:56:00:
It is extremely unlikely that you will have any problem with natural
henna. Natural henna does not penetrate into the living tissue on a
healthy adult. It just hangs out there in the dead layer of your
skin , not causing any difficulties.
Don't bother trying to tattoo with henna. Not only is it not sterile
(do remember what happened last time you got a dirty splinter under
your skin?) but is has an unpleasant way of spreading in living tissue
so any piercing will not result in a finite spot of color but a small
poorly controled blotch of brown, looking like a sad little splat.
Henna also is harsh on red blood cells. Henna just is totally
unsuitable for tattooing.
