Re: Something doesn't make sense

Posted by Michelle on February 23, 2000 at 19:34:59:

In Reply to: Something doesn't make sense posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on February 23, 2000 at 14:08:41:

I wrote to your site in August of 1999 and said that my skin was
raised slightly and itched where the henna was located on my skin. I
even had little bumps where the henna was located. And it looked as
though I'd been branded. I was advised to see a doctor so I printed
the warning from this site and took it with me to the doctor in
September. The doctor, told me that darker people (the doctor was
Indian and familiar with traditional henna), sometimes react to the
henna and what happens is that it turns the pigment darker than
normal. She said it could take months for the skin pigment to return
to normal. The swelling went down on my arm 2 weeks after I first got
the henna. But the pigment of my skin where the henna was located is
still very dark (dark brown). People have mistaken it for a real
tattoo. Now in December when I went to Tampa and spoke with a henna
artists, she told me that a black guy about my complexion, came into
her shop, and told her the exact same thing. Except his skin was still
slightly raised where the henna was located and his pigment had
remained very dark. He'd gotten has henna tatto 2 years ago. Also,
the swelling never went down with him. My friend who did black henna
with me, on the same day at the same place and the same time, did not
have any problems and she is darker then I am. So it must just be my
skin. I have not had any problems with my arm since the swelling went
down, other then the skin pigment is not returning to its normal
color. It does not look like a scar, is not shiny or raised. It
just looks like I have a dark brown tatto on my arm. Have you ever
heard of this? I did not and now wish I knew of your site before I
got black henna this summer. I can not get in touch with the person
who did it since they were visiting in a local shop
along the boardwalk in Ocean City Maryland. They are no longer
employed there, so I have no idea what was in the henna. If I get
ahold of a digital camera, I will take a picture and submit it on the
site for you to see. It looks really nice, but it was supposed to
fade.

Follow-ups:

• Re: Something doesn't make sense Catherine Cartwright Jones 21:10:29 2/23/00 (2)
  • Re: Something doesn't make sense michelle 21:26:50 2/23/00 (1)
    • Re: Something doesn't make sense Catherine Cartwright Jones 01:11:16 2/24/00 (0)