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What should a mehndi artist disclose about henna ingredients and colouring additives?

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Ask for the henna product's ingredients and any colouring additives; a natural or black-henna label is not a reliable safety assurance.

The FDA warns that some products sold as black henna contain PPD, a hair-dye ingredient that can cause serious skin reactions. Do not accept an unexplained rapid-darkening mixture or assume prior uneventful use guarantees safety. Seek qualified medical advice for a reaction and keep the product details. The source explains a health risk, not a declaration that every mehndi product has the same formulation.

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Temporary Tattoos, Henna/Mehndi, and Black Henna: Fact Sheet

US Food and Drug Administration

PPD and adverse-reaction warning; no claim that every henna mixture contains the same ingredient.

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