Camphor.....perhaps not worth the trouble
Posted by Shanon Lavender on January 27, 2000 at 11:43:30:
In Reply to: My Camphor HeadACHE posted by Natalie on January 27, 2000 at 04:50:10:
Hmmm...long lasting skin irritation and a migraine. Personally I
like to avoid those things. Is slightly darker henna worth it to
you? I think I'd take the hint your body is giving you and avoid the
stuff.
Shanon
: I tried the camphor trick with the camphor spirits from the drug
: store. It didn't do anything. Light, light stain. Did not darken.
: Then after looking for a while I found real 100% camphor oil. I
used
: the camphor as a skin prep like I would eucalyptus and other oils,
: that have not bothered me before. I only put a few drops in the
: paste. Then I got little bumps (I want to call them blisters but
: they weren't exactly.) on my hands that lasted two weeks, but
weren't
: visibly noticeable and weren't horrible so long as I didn't do
: anything like scrub them or use soap that wasn't mild. I drew an
: elaborate design on the back of my hand, so I was hennaing for an
: hour or two. I got a really bad migraine. I wrapped the henna and
: went to sleep. The next morning the stain was light and did not
: darken during the day.
: I think I might try this again. This time not putting the camphor
: directly on my skin. How do I avoid the headache, without going
: outside?
: I'd really like to see this work.
: Natalie