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- Robert P Eager.
- Emergency Department, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK. rob.eager@rlbnht.nhs.uk
- Eur J Emerg Med. 2005 Aug 1; 12 (4): 189-90.
AbstractTemporary henna tattoos are a popular fashion accessory in recent years. The tattoo dye consists of henna extract from the plant Lawsonia, and p-phenylenediamine to create a darker shade to the tattoo. Increasingly, emergency departments are seeing children with atopic reactions to these tattoos. The p-phenylenediamine component can cause a spongiotic dermatitis with lympho-histiocytic infiltrates. I present two cases of reactions to temporary tattoos in children attending the emergency department. The acute management of these cases and the possible future consequences of sensitization to p-phenylenediamine are discussed.
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