Child’s Scar Left By Ink NOT Approved By FDA
Make Sure Any Temporary Tattoos Used By Your Children Use Only FDA Inks
Non-FDA Approved Inks Used Causing Scar
A girl who wanted to honor her baseball teams name and her player’s number went to the Opry Mills Mall in Nashville, TN to have it applied to her skin by a mall retailer using a henna ink.
The application described as ’safe’ by the retailer caused the scarring on the 11 year old.
The family has described the scar as both ‘painful and permanent’ and is now looking to sue both the retailer who applied the temporary henna tattoo for assault and the mall for negligence.
“We’ve got a situation where, in essence, they’re (the mall) endorsing this product. They’re making it available to customers of the mall,” said the lawyer for the family.
Other Temporary Tattoo suppliers tout the safety of their products which most businesses do.
The biggest difference between this mall retailer and a safe Temporary Tattoo is the fact that one uses safe FDA Approved inks and the mall retailer did not.
The attorney believes the girl’s injuries point to a type of henna known as black henna. It’s a chemical the FDA won’t allow for the temporary tattoos because it can cause this type of reaction.
The website www-TemporaryTattoos.com has a long history of providing safe, child friendly temporary tattoos. Each product has the ingredients used in the manufacturing process as well as instructions on how to easily apply and remove the product printed on the back of every tattoo. When asked for comment if anything has happened with one of their products the company spokesperson was insistent that they have never had so much as a minor rash reported back from clients.
Temporary tattoos are loved by children and it would be a shame to ban an entire product type simply because of a bad situation like this one. Three things you can do before ordering your own Temporary Tattoos are as follows;
- Ask for real feedback from past clients who have used the exact product by the company you are looking to use. If a company has been in business for awhile you should be able to see a 12 to 24 positive feedback remarks from past clients. A good example is on the website www-TemporaryTattoos.com where clients have given dozens of feedbacks touting the quality of the product.
- You can also look for a guarantee that clearly states that only government certified FDA inks are used. A good example of this of a guarantee for Temporary Tattoos is here.
- And lastly, you can look for a company who is a member of the BBB and who has a good Better Business Bureau rating.
With a little research you can prevent a horrible situation like this one.
(two quotes referenced from news article here)
