Five-year-old Boy Left With Intricate Dragon-shaped Scar After Henna Tattoo Goes Wrong
A five-year-old boy from Queensland, Australia was left with a large, intricately detailed, dragon-shaped scar after a henna tattoo he received in Bali left him with a chemical burn. His parents fear that he may be scarred for life.
Cannon Cribb received the henna tattoo while he was holidaying with his parents in Bali, Indonesia. The “henna” actually contained para-phenylenediamine, but no reaction was noticed until the henna wore off, leaving a large welt in the shape of the oriental dragon that he had been tattooed with.
According to the boy’s mother, Leiona Cribb:
I really hope it doesn’t scar. We’re hopeful but it’s the whole length of his arm; a huge dragon.
The scar is being treated as a chemical burn, requiring dressing several times a day and application of a topical steroid.
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EVERYONE PANIC! I seriously had the same thing happen to me. Same exact looking scar. It went away in two weeks. Nothing to worry about.
I think that’s a lucky kid. He will remember that for the rest of his life and it’s rad!
Wow, he’ll be the most bad ass kid in kindergarten, that’s for sure.
hahaha, that’s the same thing I was thinking XD
That kid is already more badass looking then me.
1. awesome tattoo
2. frightening composure
3. Steroids!
his parents are intent on creating a monster
It is just as Master Oogway predicted, he is the Dragon Warrior.
LMAO
hey could be worse
Wow, too bad it didnt happen in the US. There would be blood sucking, bottom feeding attorneys lined up around the block to jump on that gravy train!
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Niño de 5 años se hace un tatuaje de henna, y sufre de una reacción química que lo podría marcar para siempre…
Un niño de Australia, hizo un viaje a Bali con su familia y decidieron dibujarle un dragón en el brazo con henna, lamentablemente el niño desarrolló una reacción química a la tinta que le marcó y podría ser permanente. [Eng]…
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The parents should just be glad it wasn’t a unicorn or something.
I read about this, the regular henna tattoos that are brown-reddish in color are generally safe, but those that have been colored black or blue with PPD often leave burns and permanent scars. Be careful which color you choose for your “fake” tattoo!
Henna is not used for tattoos fake or otherwise, it is simply a semi-permanent dye used for painting on skin which rubs off naturally over the course of a few days.
actually, depending on how pure the henna mix is, and how long you leave it on, it can last from a week to three months
A henna will only last up to 3-4 weeks, NOT 3 months! Even with the proper after care it will only last at most 3 weeks. I am a henna artist…
I’m sorry correction, will last up to 6 wks with proper after care!
Exactly what I was thinking. Many advisories have been issued about black henna.
So What is ‘Black Henna’?
Para-phenylendiamine or PPD based black hair dye. This is an illegal chemical to use on the skin in Canada, because of its severe toxicity:
Para-phenylenediamine is a strong sensitizer.
Sensitizer means that every body is naturally allergic to PPD to some degree, and every time the PPD is used, the body will react more violently to it. Some people have PPD tattoos once or twice without reaction. But on the 3rd or 4th time, that same person could end up with permanent scarring or end up in the hospital in a life threatening reaction. There can also be sensitization to other products. So after having a PPD tattoo without reaction, you could a week later react severely to: cosmetics, lotions, sunscreen, medications, black clothing, ink, dark leather, etc..
PPD is carcinogenic & causes many other health problems!
Within seconds the toxins from PPD ‘henna’ enter the blood stream and can cause: Cancer, liver tumors, asthma, angioneurotic edema, renal failure, mutated cells, muscle necrosis causing death, permanent scarring, chronic skin conditions, eye & face irritation, bronchitis, etc…
When PPD breaks down in the body, the metabolic residue is more damaging than the actual PPD molecule.
PPD has a delayed reaction:
Typically, a person won’t react until 3 – 10 days after having a PPD tattoo applied. Usually by this time the negligent artist has moved on, unaccountable to the damage caused & the person fails to make the connection between the PPD and reaction.
How to tell if it’s PPD ‘Black Henna’
1. If you can watch first & see that the paste is black & stains the skin right away, it’s PPD.
2. Ask how long the paste needs to stay on. If they say less than 1 hr, it’s not real henna.
3. Ask them what colour it will stain. If they say black instead of red-brown, it’s not henna.
4. Ask the artist what’s in the paste. If they can’t tell you, don’t trust them.
For your safety & the health of others, please report anyone using illegal PPD “Black Henna”
Where can I get one?
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He’s only 5, my worst scars have mostly disappeared from that age. What I’m worried about are those topical steroids. Those do more harm than good.
Topical steroids are nothing much to worry about, it is just cortisone ointment, probably to treat any residual irritation of the skin.
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What disturbs me the most is, why in the world would the parents made a frickin’ 5-year-old kid get a dragon tattoo half-way down his arm? Can you say “Kindergarden bad-ass biker dude”?
He probably wanted it. I know my son loves temporary tattoos and he is only 3.
it’s not like it’s a real tattoo
it’s only a skin stain
Cool kid.
Chuck Norris’ love child finally surfaces.
….his hot wheels license plate reads: NTRDADRGN
Let’s focus on the more serious issue that is guaranteed to have lasting negative consequences, his name is Cannon Cribb
He is the chosen one!
i might be the first to say it, but definitely not the first to think it. MILF.
Seriously?
Cannon Crib? Hey that was MY roleplay name!
Wow that kid is badass… just look at his tuff face and tuff clothes and tuff name and tuff tat! “Mustangs, they’re tuff” Oh sorry, Outsider’s quote. I have feelign somewhere having artful chemical burns is going to become a buisness.
i wonder if it was rly painful. it looks awesome. id like havin that on my arm if i was a cute little boy, and being able to say its a scar, not a tattoo. lol.
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meh, my mom had the same reaction to one at one point, it went away in like two weeks, with stuff on it.
but fuck, i wish i’d known it was so newsworthy, our family could be famous by now… if only i’d contacted the reporters!
It goes away for some people and doesn’t for others. It depends on the level of his chemical sensitivity.
omg
everyone know’s your not supposed to use black henna
henna is supposed to come out brown. They use chemicals to make it black that result in these burns. Depending on what type of black henna he used, it could last from 2 weeks to forever.
there was a huge fiasco with black henna in ‘06 i think it was. People were getting burned by the henna and they figured out that it was the chemicals they used to make it black.
i thought people would have learned from that.
This is nothing to joke about. The scar can last a lifetime, and even if it doesn’t, the severe allergic reactions that can also occur are very serious (such as being sensitized for life to commonly used products in sunscreens, lotions, shampoos, etc. to the point you cannot use them). It can also lead to cancer.
Lot of fun stuff for a 5-year-old to face, huh? Unfortunately, as a REAL henna artist I run into this same juvenile attitude in many of my clients: “Oh, man, that’d be so cool! I want a permanent scar tattoo! Do you have that stuff?”
How stupid ARE people, anyway? No, wait. Don’t answer that.
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I think it would look good if het got some detail added to it. I mean, if it’s there forever, why not make it look proper?
And yes he’s 5 but at the age of 10, he’ll be the most respected kid in the country.
15, he’ll be even cooler than chuck norris
20, next terminator
30, governor of california.
He’ll be fine
People who have children tatooed are morons and should not be allowed custody of the children.
It is not a real tattoo. It is temporary.
Umm…wtf. This is how henna works. You get it applied, wash it off after a while, and there’s the stain you wanted.
Then you wait a few weeks and it goes away.
How weird they waited for the henna to flake out after it dried, they shouldn’t have gotten it done if they don’t know how it works.
Idiooootss!
your meant to wait for it to crumble off, not wash it off. if you wash it off you’ll be lucky if the henna even lasts a day nevermind a week!! Don’t call people idiots when you’re not that smart yourself!
I have to concur (partially) with Md. Ali…
People who allow their children to be tattooed have no right to COMPLAIN about anything that happens! For Jeebus’ Sake, you’re in a foreign place, let’s get a Henna tattoo!!!
Frankly, the kid will be fine. The irritation must have been EXTREMELY minor for the child not to complain the whole time, and the rash was only noticed once it washed off?
I am so thankful that the family cannot profit from this like most Americants (forced typo) would try to.
Yea, they are gonna sue the small Indonesian stall that aplied it for 1500000r? Its a bad ass scar that will fade within months.
i think you spelled your own name incorrectly
holy sweet fuck that kid is badass.
Tattoos are stupid and the people who scar themselves for life are from the shallow end of the gene pool!
doesn’t quite look from the pics that mom is too mad. nor the kid. free tattoo!
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dunno about MILF, but i see a FIWNLF
Hope the kid is ok…. but Wow.. mummy is totaly MILF. Look at the full size picture of her..mmmmmmmmmm
Exact same thing happened to me though mine wasn’t because of a chemical burn… though it looks just like that. After about a month it started itching and scarred. The scar slowly dissapeared over the next year. I was 13 at the time.
The ingredient inside the Henna ink called Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) can NOT cause a chemical burn but is rather considered an allergic reaction. It is used in most commercial hair coloring products and in all henna tattoo, and normal tattoo inks. Being a boy I had never colored my hair but after the henna I had my hair coloured for my graduation dance and the same thing happened, only this time to my entire scalp(thankfully the symptoms only showed up after the dance). Not a smart move on my part but because the henna scar had dissapeared I hadn’t bothered to worry about it.
There is a patch available from your local physician to determine if the child is allergic to PPD and I’d recommend that the parents test this out before they allow the child to colour his hair.
“A recent survey in London found a doubling in frequency of dermatitis due to hair dyes over six years to 7.1 per cent in a clinic for adults.”
http://www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com/200703/market04.shtml
I don’t know what they’re worried about…it looks kinda cool!
i got the same thing done on me but it was a rose and it has now weared away and i am left with a big rash on my back only were the tatoo was wat is it and y have i got it.
how long did the henna on your skin last?
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the exact samething had happened to me in seaside, nj, usa. i was burned and scared chemically. happened over a year ago and still have the scar. it was painful and very itchy. the henna shop was cutting their dye with shoepolish!!!!!!! i almost died from the allergic reaction
the same thing happened to me as a teenager when I lived in Egypt and got a black henna tattoo on my arm, once it faded it left a bright red scar for a few weeks, which then faded out to white for a couple of months then dissappeared forever, I haven’t been scarred permanently by it.
HOWEVER, when I went to college I decided to have my hair dyed for the first time, professional salon, qualified hairdressers etc, you’d think nothing could go wrong. Well within a few minutes of them applying the dye my head started to feel like it was burning, I mentioned this to the hairdressers but they said it was fine.
Next day my head swelled up, my breathing was terrible, my eyes were almost shut with swelling and my head was bleeding, I was terrified I would loose my (very long) hair, fortunatley I didn’t but I have been left with extremelly sensitive skin and especially scalp. I have since found out that I suffer the same reaction to hair spray so have to avoid it at all costs.
This is obviously the after effects of the PPD in the stupid black henna tatto I had as a kid *grr*
This kid needs to learn kung foo. Immediately.
I had something like this too, but it went away after about 1.5 years so I don’t think it’s that bad…