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Allergic contact dermatitis to henna tattoo
  1. S Baron,
  2. K Baxter,
  3. M Wilkinson
  1. Dermatology Department, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK; zannerzu@aol.com

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This 9 year old boy had a henna tattoo of a Chinese dragon painted on his back while abroad on holiday. The tattoo colour faded over the subsequent week but the area became acutely erythematous, swollen, and blistered, and was painful and pruritic. Examination revealed …

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