Re: Mehndi forbidden in Germany?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 1, 2001 at 14:37:11:
In reply to: Mehndi forbidden in Germany? posted by Luis on September 1, 2001 at 14:09:58:
: I've just read in a german mehndi web page, that henna tatoos: are forbidden in germany because the color agent of henna "lawson"
is
: not in the list of permited cosmetics!!!!
:
: Does that mean that henna is dangerous for the skin!!??
Lawsone, in the quantity that is present in henna (about 2%) is not
harmful at all for epidermal skin. There has been a sad
misunderstanding and confusion of results from laboratory testing pure
Lawsone and the reports of PPD black henna.
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