Henna tattoo primary school

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My son's primary school are holding an Eid celebration tomorrow.

Part of the day involves the children having Henna Tattoos. Natural Henna.

Are they safe? I was always under the impression you should be wary with Henna tattoos. Not sure if it's black henna only or if natural Henna can be a bit iffy too.

Im just a bit shocked, I didn't think a primary school would risk doing something like this considering all the horror stories I've heard over the years.

Am I worrying for nothing?

I don't want to open a can of worms and ruin it for everyone without getting my facts straight.

It will be mehndi henna which is a pure, high grade henna produced for skin tattoos.

Loads of things are unnecessary but fun or interesting.

What's your issue with this - I don't see the downside.

You can get allergic reactions to henna. Even delayed reactions.
Also, I believe that some henna is permanent.
I think I would probably avoid tbh...

I think this is a lovely thing to do at the end of a school term, to mark a celebration that will be really important to some of the children. I would imagine school have been really careful about the henna they're going to be using. I'd have no issue with it and would be excited to see it once he got home.

My daughter had one done as part of what sounds like similar celebrations. She’s over the moon with it and it’s very pretty!

Interesting responses.
At a school in the middle east we banned henna at school events, due to issues with reactions.
Maybe that was something to do with (lack of) controls regarding what was actually in products.
But from that experience, I'd say no.

Of course it’s not ‘necessary’. Most of the most memorable parts of school are not necessary.
They are just a lovely addition that make their school experience exciting and broad.
The celebrations sound great. How lucky your child is.

Henna permanently stains the very top layer of skin. That skin is pretty quickly shed over a few days/couple of weeks, depending on where on the body it's done. Hands will not last as long as other places. It will never leave an actual permanent mark.

You're also incredibly unlikely to have an allergic reaction to normal henna - any stories you see of bad reactions are normally from places that use 'black henna' which is actually mixtures of chemical dyes, often PPD which is the thing that can trigger hair dye allergies

I've lived in the Middle East for almost 20 years and get henna very regularly, as does my DD, aged 11. It's a lovely part of the culture here and we love it. Never suffered from any issues, other than people often commenting on how lovely it is and asking for our salon details ❤️

Why? What’s wrong with celebrating lots of cultures? It’s not compulsory.

I'd bet my kid would react to it. I'd be having to say no.

Making Mother's Day cards/having a nativity/ sports day also aren't 'necessary' to education; how do you feel about those?