In such hot countries as, for example, Egypt and Turkey, you can see tents, in which tattoos are sitting, performing their work with henna. As a rule, they are located on beaches, in hotels and other crowded places, and this no longer surprises newcomers. The drawings offered by the masters are very diverse - these are dragons occupying huge areas of the body, and tiny flowers, and hundreds of all kinds of images of characters from the favorite cartoons.
An attractive form of this kind of tattoo as a temporary tattoo is that it is applied without painful piercing to the skin, just draw an ordinary brush. These figures are kept up to the crescent, then washed off, leaving no trace. In other words - this is a temporary tattoo. The exactness of the place of work, where to come with painted hands somehow indecent, there are no such conventions in rest areas and therefore vacationers pay zaeti drawings even with pleasure.
Harm to temporary tattoos
It does not occur to many people that trustingly substituting your body for decoration, you can bring great harm to your health, because tattoo artists add a paraphenylene-diamine to henna for a greater saturation of color and smell, which is not an inoffensive chemical. It is also part of some products for hair coloring. Its use has been used for several decades. However, the big problem is that this chemical, which is used in the so-called quick-erase tattoo, can cause developmental dermatitis, as well as allergic reactions on the skin.
Paraphenylene diamide, having a very small molecular weight, a high penetration ability inside the hair and in the surface layers of the epidermis, and thereby bind the proteins and instantaneously form high molecular substances with increasing the rate of chemical reaction, is a highly effective dye.
It would seem that these are qualitative aspects, however, they, being for some people an allergen, can significantly harm human health. Paraphenylene-diamide is the strongest allergen present in our days, the reaction that manifests itself usually when the hair is dyed and proceeds in the form of a dermatotyltic and cervical part. Sometimes it's an itchy itchy crust, covered with bubbles in the place where the tattoo is made. If you start the process, sometimes the face begins to swell after staining the hair, and the places where the tattoo is applied are swollen, not only with the drawn drawing, but also around it, looking not as an ornament, but as a scar. There are especially severe cases, when not to do without the help of inpatients
Henna, in itself, being harmless, sometimes can also cause an allergy - this occurs when a person is present with an individual intolerance. But the chemical dyes used as additives represent a much greater danger.
Opinion of specialists of modern tattoo
German scientists recently raised the issue of an allergic reaction to coloring tattoos and appealed with a call to prohibit the use of para-phenylene diamine throughout the world. Sweden, France and Germany have already introduced a ban on its use, as both tattoos and hair coloring can trigger allergic dermatitis and a variety of skin diseases.
The employee of the dermatological center in Buxtehude Dr. B.Hausen believes that the use of para-phenylene diamine and other chemical preparations in dyes is a potential threat in the emergence of the strongest dermatitis, which manifest in the form of itchy, flaky and wetting rashes. The British Allergy Foundation expressed support to colleagues from Germany on this issue, and also urged all those suffering from allergies not to risk their health by applying these tattoos, and especially to protect children from this whim to avoid the risk of the child becoming allergic, because practically this disease is not curable. It should be taken into account that not only para-phenylene diamine and other chemicals, but also the natural substances used in the above examples, should beware. With alarm, the amount of increase in the types of allergic diseases of the last period is noted. Dr. Hausen advises you to protect yourself and your loved ones from everything that has not been tried before. On the progress of his research can be found on the pages of the German Medical Association.
Always young
The results of the application of aroma-amines were expressed by the physicians of London's St. Thomas Hospital, as well as experts from medical centers in Belgium, Singapore, Denmark, Germany and Portugal who calculated the number of allergic contact dermatitis caused by dyeing hair in the last six this number has doubled. This figure is not final, because young people who are most sensitive to para-phenylene diamine and are not going to refuse to use hair dye with the content of this substance.
The difficulty is that everyone can not do temporary tattoos, but not to dye their hair, which is an integral part of the ritual that has entered our life, not everyone can do it - it corresponds to the philosophy of "always be young." And the chemical compounds that are capable of changing aroma-amines have not been invented yet.