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This page is Sponsored by: Natural Expressions as a public service and in an effort to help protect  the art of Mehndi (henna body art) from the greed that defiles it. 
Henna is not black! Henna  is a skin safe reddish dye that has been used for skin decoration and bodyart for thousands of years. If you want to try henna please buy natural powder and mix it with none toxic things like lemon juice and safe pure oils.
 At Natural Expressions we say "if you can't put it in your mouth, it really doesn't belong on your skin."

 
"The problem with all of this is that (fake henna made with PPD) 
          provokes cross-allergy, making people allergic to other things which 
          contain para substituted amino compounds," 
"This includes local anaesthetics, sun-protection cream and other 
          cosmetics - eye shadow, for instance. Also clothes - black ones containing 
          certain dyes - as well as many hair dyes and printing chemicals. 
"I really would warn parents to keep their children and teenagers 
          away from this stuff at all costs. These things could affect the rest 
          of a person's life,"
 
MEASURES TO PROTECT YOURSELF by Marie Anakee Miczak
If you are buying from an online henna retailer, ask were they obtain their henna. If  they are not forthcoming, pass on buying their products. Also immediately pass on henna products that do not have any sort of labeling on them. This is illegal in the US. Do not use any type of henna product that explains it is "fast acting" or only "takes a few minutes to work". Also watch out for henna products that are only indicated for the hands and feet. Pure and fresh henna can be applied and give good color outcome anywhere. Before applying henna as Mehndi or hair color, always do a patch test. Remember henna is a plant which can have various levels of inherent chemicals. It is by no means standarized. Doing a patch test first would have saved many from having severe allergic reactions as seen with denatured henna products. Be very careful at street fairs and other public events where you have no time to do a patch test before having a Mehndi design. If you must go ahead, be sure to obtain the proper name and contact information of the artisan in case something adverse happens. Also demand to know every ingredient in the paste. If the artisan does not know or tells you it is a trade secret, pass and be safe. It goes without saying that one should fully avoid commercially produced products called “black henna”. According to the US FDA it is illegal to add colorants to henna, so even if the product does not contain PPD, what ever gives the black hue to the powder is not legal for sale or use in the US.
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Letters from visitors:


Recently at an Art Festival I had several of my students get henna tattoos...

That was wonderful, beautiful..

The unfortunate thing was that about 75% of those who got the black henna 

had a variety of reactions to it. The worst being skin literally flaking off 

this child's back, to burns, blistering and now scaring. 
Recientemente en un Festival de Arte, varios de mis estudiantes se hicieron dibujos con henna... Quedaron muy bién, muy lindos.. La desgracia fue que un 75% de los que usaron la "henna negra" sufrieron distintas reacciones de la piel. La peor fue la que sufrio un niño en su espalda con quemaduras y ampollas y ahora cicatrices. 
 

" I was recently on vacation in July in Key West, Florida when I decided it would be fun to have a black henna tattoo.  I saw places applying these all over Key West.  I finally ended up getting on at Mallory Square by a street vendor.  It ended up making my skin red and raised due to irritation.  I thought, "oh, it will go away."  That is until I started researching and reading about this dangerous practice.  My skin is still red and raised in the shape of a dolphin since my tattoo and now I am afraid it is a scar.  I made a doctors appointment today.  I really want to keep this from happening to others. " 

 
After my "henna" tattoo turned into a mass of red itchy blisters, I was totally outraged to discover that I had probably not been tattooed with henna at all, but with some dodgy black chemical hair dye.

The doctor has prescribed me a course of very strong cream to calm the rash, but he told me it will take a long time to go away. My advice? To avoid an itchy painful rash - stay away from any "black henna" tattoos. 
 
 


I had mine drawn in my forearm so that everybody could see it when I got home to my dismay,
 it has been 2 weeks already and the tattoo has started to fade but the tattoo was replaced by 
a really itchy and annoying rash that came from the tattoo. It has grown worse every passing day,
 the rash has become bigger and has become more itchier.

Pregunta: 
Mi hija de 14 años, fue a Florida con la familia de unos amigos y volvió con un tatuaje de henna negro. Era temporario por lo que yo no me disgusté mucho. Después de una semana ella y su amiga que también se hizo un tatuaje con henna negra tienen una erupción muy fea que se encuentra sólamente donde estaba el tatuaje. Se parece mucho a sus figuras. La llevé a una sala de emergencia y nos dieron una crema de hidrocortisona y me dijeron que si no mejoraba en una semana que viera a un cirujano plástico. No parecían saber mucho del asunto. Obtuve la información de su sitio y se la mostré a ellos pero no se parecían muy interesados. Mi hijita y su amiga estaban tratando de divertirse en Florida y ahora tienen una porquería en el brazo. Como puede pasar eso por algo que dicen que es temporario y sano? 
Respuesta: La Henna es temporaria y sana. Desgraciadamente, lo que le dieron no es henna. Ud. recibió una dosis de toxina, PPD, que se usa bastante para hacer tatuajes negros temporarios. . . Y en general, los artistas y sus víctimas no tienen la menor idea del daño que se hace. Lo que le aplicaron a su niña fue PPD que es una toxina transdermica. 

Porqué la cuetión negra es mala ? Porque si funciona es seguro que contiene PHENYLENEDIAMINE o PPD que no debería de ponerse en contacto con la piel. 


 
 


    


      
"Skin eats and skin speaks, 

        revealing whatever goes on inside the body," explains Pratima Raichur, 

        a New York-based aesthetician, chemist and author of Absolute Beauty: 

        Radiant Skin and Inner Harmony through the Ancient Secrets of Ayurveda 

        (HarperCollins). Raichur says if you apply essential oils or any herbal 

        concoction to the skin, traces are detectable in your urine two hours 

        later. The same could be true of other unwanted substances that come into 

        contact with your skin. 

  
 

 PRODUCTS LABELED AS BLACK HENNA ARE NOT JUST HENNA AND CAN BE VERY HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH!! 
 



If you have recieved a black fake henna tattoo and have had a skin reaction it will help your doctor if you PRINT the document below and show it to Her/Him.
If you have the name and exact location of the business that is misbranding hair dye for henna. Report them to us or at least get your money back..
 
 
PPD Fact Sheet
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SECTION 1. - - - - - - - - - CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION- - - - - - - - - - 

    NAME:                 1,4-PHENYLENEDIAMINE 

SECTION 2. - - - - - COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS - - - - - - 

    CAS #:   106-50-3 

    EC NO:  203-404-7 

  SYNONYMS 

    P-AMINOANILINE * 4-AMINOANILINE * BASF URSOL D * P-BENZENEDIAMINE * 1, 

    4-BENZENEDIAMINE * BENZOFUR D * C.I. 76060 * C.I. DEVELOPER 13 * C.I. 

    OXIDATION BASE 10 * DEVELOPER 13 * DEVELOPER PF * P-DIAMINOBENZENE * 

    1,4-DIAMINOBENZENE * DURAFUR BLACK R * P-FENYLENDIAMIN (CZECH) * 

    FENYLENODWUAMINA (POLISH) * FOURAMINE D * FOURRINE D * FOURRINE 1 * 

    FUR BLACK 41867 * FUR BROWN 41866 * FURRO D * FUR YELLOW * FUTRAMINE 

    D * NAKO H * ORSIN * OXIDATION BASE 10 * PARA * PARAPHENYLEN-DIAMINE * 

     PELAGOL D * PELAGOL DR * PELAGOL GREY D * PELTOL D * 1,4- 

    PHENYLENEDIAMINE * P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE (ACGIH:DOT:OSHA) * PPD * RENAL 

    PF * RODOL D * SANTOFLEX IC * TERTRAL D * UN1673 (DOT) * URSOL D * 

    USAF EK-394 * VULKANOX 4020 * ZOBA BLACK D * 

SECTION 3. - - - - - - - - - - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION - - - - - - - - - 

  LABEL PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS 

    TOXIC 

    TOXIC BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED. 

    MAY CAUSE SENSITIZATION BY INHALATION AND SKIN CONTACT. 

    IRRITATING TO EYES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND SKIN. 

    POSSIBLE RISK OF IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS. 

    POSSIBLE MUTAGEN. 

    TARGET ORGAN(S): 

    LIVER, KIDNEYS 

    IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE 

    IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE). 

    IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH EYES, RINSE IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF 

    WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. 

    WEAR SUITABLE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, GLOVES AND EYE/FACE 

    PROTECTION. 

SECTION 4. - - - - - - - - - - FIRST-AID MEASURES- - - - - - - - - - - 

    IN CASE OF CONTACT, IMMEDIATELY FLUSH EYES OR SKIN WITH COPIOUS 

    AMOUNTS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES WHILE REMOVING CONTAMINATED 

    CLOTHING AND SHOES. 

    IF INHALED, REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. IF NOT BREATHING GIVE ARTIFICIAL 

    RESPIRATION. IF BREATHING IS DIFFICULT, GIVE OXYGEN. 

    IF SWALLOWED, WASH OUT MOUTH WITH WATER PROVIDED PERSON IS CONSCIOUS. 

    CALL A PHYSICIAN. 

    WASH CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE REUSE. 

SECTION 5. - - - - - - - - - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES - - - - - - - - - - 

  EXTINGUISHING MEDIA 

    WATER SPRAY. 

    CARBON DIOXIDE, DRY CHEMICAL POWDER OR APPROPRIATE FOAM. 

  SPECIAL FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES 

    WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING TO 

    PREVENT CONTACT WITH SKIN AND EYES. 

  UNUSUAL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS HAZARDS 

    EMITS TOXIC FUMES UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS. 

SECTION 6. - - - - - - - - ACCIDENTAL RELEASE MEASURES- - - - - - - - - 

    EVACUATE AREA. 

    WEAR SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, RUBBER BOOTS AND HEAVY 

    RUBBER GLOVES. 

    SWEEP UP, PLACE IN A BAG AND HOLD FOR WASTE DISPOSAL. 

    VENTILATE AREA AND WASH SPILL SITE AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE. 

SECTION 7. - - - - - - - - - - HANDLING AND STORAGE- - - - - - - - - - - 

    REFER TO SECTION 8. 

SECTION 8. - - - - - - EXPOSURE CONTROLS/PERSONAL PROTECTION- - - - - - 

    WEAR APPROPRIATE NIOSH/MSHA-APPROVED RESPIRATOR, CHEMICAL-RESISTANT 

    GLOVES, SAFETY GOGGLES, OTHER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. 

    SAFETY SHOWER AND EYE BATH. 

    USE ONLY IN A CHEMICAL FUME HOOD. 

    DO NOT BREATHE DUST. 

    AVOID CONTACT WITH EYES, SKIN AND CLOTHING. 

    WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING. 

    TOXIC. 

    IRRITANT. 

    SENSITIZER. 

    POSSIBLE MUTAGEN. 

    KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED. 

    STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE. 

SECTION 9. - - - - - - - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - - - - - - - 

  APPEARANCE AND ODOR 

    TAN-BROWN FLAKES 

  PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 

    BOILING POINT:        267 C 

    MELTING POINT:      143 C TO 145 C 

    FLASHPOINT                >230 

                               109C 

    VAPOR PRESSURE:      1.08MM 100 C 

    VAPOR DENSITY:     3.7 

SECTION 10. - - - - - - - - -STABILITY AND REACTIVITY - - - - - - - - - 

  INCOMPATIBILITIES 

    ACIDS 

    ACID CHLORIDES 

    ACID ANHYDRIDES 

    CHLOROFORMATES 

    STRONG OXIDIZING AGENTS 

    MAY DARKEN ON STORAGE 

  HAZARDOUS COMBUSTION OR DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS 

    TOXIC FUMES OF: 

    CARBON MONOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE 

    NITROGEN OXIDES 

SECTION 11. - - - - - - - - - TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - 

  ACUTE EFFECTS 

    HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, INHALED, OR ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN. 

    CAUSES EYE AND SKIN IRRITATION. 

    MATERIAL IS IRRITATING TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND UPPER 

    RESPIRATORY TRACT. 

    ABSORPTION INTO THE BODY LEADS TO THE FORMATION OF METHEMOGLOBIN 

    WHICH IN SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATION CAUSES CYANOSIS. ONSET MAY BE 

    DELAYED 2 TO 4 HOURS OR LONGER. 

    MAY CAUSE ALLERGIC RESPIRATORY AND SKIN REACTIONS. 

  CHRONIC EFFECTS 

    LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS HAVE SHOWN MUTAGENIC EFFECTS. 

    TARGET ORGAN(S): 

    LIVER, KIDNEYS 

  RTECS #: SS8050000 

    P-PHENYLENEDIAMINE 

  IRRITATION DATA 

    SKN-HMN 250 MG/24H MLD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

    SKN-MUS 250 MG/24H MLD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

    SKN-DOG 250 MG/24H MLD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

    SKN-RBT 12500 UG/24H MLD                      FCTXAV 15,607,77 

    SKN-RBT 250 MG/24H MOD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

    SKN-PIG 250 MG/24H MLD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

    SKN-GPG 250 MG/24H MLD                        JSCCA5 23,371,72 

  TOXICITY DATA 

    ORL-RAT LD50:80 MG/KG                         JTEHD6 2,657,77 

    IPR-RAT LD50:37 MG/KG                         JTEHD6 2,657,77 

    UNR-RAT LD50:133 MG/KG                        GTPZAB 31(8),46,87 

    IPR-MUS LD50:50 MG/KG                         NTIS** AD277-689 

    UNR-MUS LD50:331 MG/KG                        GISAAA 50(6),78,85 

    ORL-GPG LD50:145 MG/KG                        GISAAA 53(7),62,88 

    UNR-GPG LD50:145 MG/KG                        GTPZAB 31(8),46,87 

    ORL-QAL LD50:100 MG/KG                        AECTCV 12,355,83 

    ORL-BWD LD50:100 MG/KG                        AECTCV 12,355,83 

  TARGET ORGAN DATA 

    BRAIN AND COVERINGS (OTHER DEGENERATIVE CHANGES) 

    BEHAVIORAL (MUSCLE WEAKNESS) 

    BEHAVIORAL (COMA) 

    CARDIAC (PULSE RATE INCREASED WITHOUT FALL IN BP) 

    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (ACUTE PULMONARY EDEMA) 

    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (DYSPNAE) 

    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (RESPIRATORY STIMULATION) 

    LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (OTHER CHANGES) 

    GASTROINTESTINAL (CHANGES IN STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF SALIVARY GLANDS) 

    GASTROINTESTINAL (NAUSEA OR VOMITING) 

    NUTRITIONAL AND GROSS METABOLIC (BODY TEMPERATURE DECREASE) 

    ONLY SELECTED REGISTRY OF TOXIC EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES 

    (RTECS) DATA IS PRESENTED HERE. SEE ACTUAL ENTRY IN RTECS FOR 

    COMPLETE INFORMATION. 

SECTION 12. - - - - - - - - - ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - - 

    DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE. 

SECTION 13. - - - - - - - - - DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS - - - - - - - - - 

    DISSOLVE OR MIX THE MATERIAL WITH A COMBUSTIBLE SOLVENT AND BURN IN A 

    CHEMICAL INCINERATOR EQUIPPED WITH AN AFTERBURNER AND SCRUBBER. 

    OBSERVE ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. 

SECTION 14. - - - - - - - - - - TRANSPORT INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - 

    CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER FOR TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION. 

SECTION 15. - - - - - - - - - REGULATORY INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - - 

  EUROPEAN INFORMATION 

    TOXIC 

    R 23/24/25 

    TOXIC BY INHALATION, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN AND IF SWALLOWED. 

    R 40 

    POSSIBLE RISK OF IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS. 

    R 43 

    MAY CAUSE SENSITIZATION BY SKIN CONTACT. 

    S 28 

    AFTER CONTACT WITH SKIN, WASH IMMEDIATELY WITH PLENTY OF WATER. 

    S 45 

    IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR IF YOU FEEL UNWELL, SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE 

    IMMEDIATELY (SHOW THE LABEL WHERE POSSIBLE). 

  REVIEWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS 

    OEL=MAK 

    ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 MG/M3                       85INA8 6,1222,91 

    IARC CANCER REVIEW:ANIMAL INADEQUATE EVIDENCE IMEMDT 16,125,78 

    IARC CANCER REVIEW:HUMAN NO ADEQUATE DATA     IMEMDT 16,125,78 

    IARC CANCER REVIEW:GROUP 3                    IMSUDL 7,56,87 

    MSHA STANDARD-AIR:TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SKIN) 

     DTLVS* 3,205,71 

    OSHA PEL (GEN INDU):8H TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SKIN) 

     CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,94 

    OSHA PEL (CONSTRUC):8H TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SKIN) 

     CFRGBR 29,1926.55,94 

    OSHA PEL (SHIPYARD):8H TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SKIN) 

     CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,93 

    OSHA PEL (FED CONT):8H TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SKIN) 

     CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,94 

    OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;STEL 0.3 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 MG/M3 JAN93 

    OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.05 MG/M3 JAN93 

    OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;STEL 0.3 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;STEL 0.2 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 MG/M3;SKIN JAN93 

    OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA CHECK ACGIH TLV 

    OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM CHECK ACGIH TLV 

    NIOSH REL TO P-PHENYLENE DIAMINE-AIR:10H TWA 0.1 MG/M3 (SK) 

     NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,92 

    NOHS 1974: HZD 56950; NIS 9; TNF 2017; NOS 11; TNE 14983 

    NOES 1983: HZD 56950; NIS 6; TNF 5390; NOS 7; TNE 49939; TFE 37209 

    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, POSITIVE: CELL TRANSFORM.-RLV F344 RAT EMBRYO 

    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, POSITIVE: CELL TRANSFORM.-SA7/SHE; D 

     MELANOGASTER SEX-LINKED LETHAL 

    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, NEGATIVE: CARCINOGENICITY-MOUSE/RAT; RODENT 

     DOMINANT LETHAL 

    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, NEGATIVE: N CRASSA-ANEUPLOIDY; SPERM 

     MORPHOLOGY-MOUSE 

    EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, INCONCLUSIVE: MAMMALIAN MICRONUCLEUS 

    EPA TSCA SECTION 8(B) CHEMICAL INVENTORY 

    EPA TSCA 8(A) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE 

     FEREAC 47,26992,82 

    EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, OCTOBER 1995 

  U.S. INFORMATION 

    THIS PRODUCT IS SUBJECT TO SARA SECTION 313 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

SECTION 16. - - - - - - - - - - OTHER INFORMATION- - - - - - - - - - - - 

    THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT BUT DOES NOT PURPORT TO 

    BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND SHALL BE USED ONLY AS A GUIDE. THE MANUFACTURER

    SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM HANDLING 

    OR FROM CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE MATERIAL.

 

Attention henna Artists:

Do not ever put ammonia on your skin! No matter who tells you that its ok!
Don't use latex
  over natural henna! One out of ten people are allergic.

Don't use walnut or cloves in a henna recipe. It is just asking for trouble!
Oh and don't drink gasoline!
 

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