 A toddler is facing
a lifetime with a
Bart Simpson scar
on his forearm
after suffering a
reaction to a
"temporary"
tattoo he got from
a Spanish street
stall.
Cartoon character
Bart Simpson
Vinnie England,
three, was
holidaying in
Benidorm with his
family when he got
the two-and-a-half
inch image of the
spiky-haired cartoon
character on his
right arm at a henna
tattoo shack.
Just days after
returning home,
Vinnie, from
Southmead, Bristol,
complained that his
arm was hurting and
the temporary
image soon began
to redden and
blister.
His mother Hayley
Shipway, 24, who
lives with Vinnie and
his four-week-old
sister Ruby, said his
skin blistered and a
red ring appeared
around the Bart
Simpson outline.
She took him to the
doctors who gave
him a steroid cream.
As I lifted up his
sleeve and showed
the nurse her face
just dropped.
Hayley Shipway
"The next morning it
had got much worse
so I took him back
to the doctors and
as soon as I lifted up
his sleeve and
showed the nurse
her face just
dropped," she told
the Bristol Evening
Post .
"It was inflamed and
sore, and looked like
the Bart Simpson
had been scratched
into his skin with a
pin."
Mrs Shipway, who
has let Vinnie have
stick-on tattoos
before, said he
keeps asking her to
take it off.
She added: "We
have been told that
the scarring in the
shape of Bart
Simpson may be
permanent because
he had such a bad
reaction.
"I just feel so guilty.
People have said it's
not our fault, but we
let him have it
done."
A genuine henna
tattoo should fade
within 10 days and
the ink is usually a
red-brown colour.
But the ink used on
Vinnie's skin was
black, suggesting it
contained a hair dye
chemical called PPD
(paraphenylenedi
amine).
PPD is often mixed
with the henna by
tattoo artists abroad
because it is cheap.
A high concentration
of PPD is used which
can cause dermatitis
when in contact
with the skin.
Not only could
Vinnie have scarring
but his reaction
could mean he now
has a lifelong allergy
to PPD.
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Comments to the
story
What kind or parent
lets their "3" year
old child have a
henna tattoo? even
if it is from the
Simpsons......answ
ers on a postcard....
Posted By:gary
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The same thing
happened to me
with a henna tattoo
- but it did
disappear after
about a year so the
little boy should be
ok. I had 2nd degree
burns with mine -
no one is sure what
is in these tattoos! I
hope he will be
feeling better soon.
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