ANGUISHED MUM WARNS OF BLACK INK DANGER
and may even lead to scarring.
Logan’s mum Cheryl, 35, urged parents not to let their children get henna tattoos.
She said: “His cousins got them without any problems and we thought it would be the same for him.
“He picked the tattoo from a list of designs and loved it at first.
“However, his chest started getting itchy, red, burning and started to swell and we had to take him to hospital.
“They said it was a chemical react ion and not a burn. However, the pain and itching the next night was worse.
“The GP has told us Logan suffered chemical burns and
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there was a slow reaction of the black henna going into the skin.
“We’ve since learned that the the wrong henna was used. It should’ve been orange and brown, not black.
“Logan is exhausted. He’s hardly slept since the pain started. None of us have.
“The cooling pads mean he can’t take a shower or a bath.”
Cheryl and Logan’s dad Alex, 40, paid € 10 for the tattoo at a market stal l in Los Cristianos.
“We really didn’t think there was anything wrong at the time,” Cheryl said. “We couldn’t have been more wrong.
“I would urge parents not to let their children have these tattoos, even if they use the correct henna. It’s just not worth the risk.”
Henna tattoos have soared in popularity among tourists overseas and music fans at festivals at home.
Footballer Wayne Rooney’s seven- year- old son Kai was spotted last week having a temporary tattoo of a scorpion put on his back on a holiday in Portugal. It’s not known what substance was used.
In a recent survey of 288 dermatologists, 72 per cent said they had seen an increase in the number of bad reactions to black henna tattoos.