Three year old faces permanent Simpson's tattoo! He's THREE for goodness sake!

I must admit when we are on holiday i dont let my children have the fake tattoo's, i know that if the ink is black then it is not natural henna, how do we know what chemicals they have mixed with it to give it its black colouring so i would never risk it! i allow my boys to have the natural henna which is a brown colour, they have had this done at school fayres and things, that poor lad is going to be scarred for life! I definitely thing 3 is a young age to be having that on their skin!!!! hugs Jessica

Three year olds and tatoo, even fake ones. I am against them totally James. I have never like the ideas of tatoos in any case, so may seem totally biased against them. And on kids, given the chance, i do express my displeasure in any way that i can. The example that you have cited above indicates exactly one of the reasons why i have been against them. I do wish some of the new parents of today would exercise more caution and concern in this regard.

Hello, James! Wow, that's horrible. A three year old getting a tattoo already? I would not allow my children to make something like that. Not at that age, at least. The kid doesn't even know what he wants yet, he is so young! I could see that the intention was not to make a permanent tattoo, but now he is going to have a heck of a scar in his arm... A Bart Simpson scar. And when he gets to school, everybody will be looking into his arm and commenting about it, which will not be too healthy for him. Poor mother, though, because she didn't know it would turn into this. But she shouldn't have allowed a tattoo on her three year old son's arm. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

The temporary tattoos have been around since I was a kid and I'm 52. I remember my brothers using them really really young. 3 seems young but now a days, kids are in pre-school at age 3 and seem so much older than back in my day. Infants get ear piercings now which is something that never happened when I was a kid. Of course there is always going to be that rare occassion where a kid will react to something like this but it is rare.

I suppose it's down to the individual parent - i don't have children myself so i don't feel i can really judge other people as i'm sure i would be a useless mum if i had kids right now! But i do think that three is probably a little bit young to be having fake tattoos put on, i don't think tattoos are something that most parents would want to encourage - i know my parents went nuts when i got mine- and i'm twenty years older than this one!! hehe It's sad though that he has had this reaction and there wasn't any way the parents could really have known, but children's skin can be very sensitive! xxxx

Why would any intelligent parent encourage their child to have a tattoo, whether it's fake or real? I feel for the child and parents, for I'm sure they didn't expect this to happen, shoud be against the law to do this to children of this age. Stick the with wet, press, and peel that wash off and usually with no problems. I've seen and read something similar to this and it was in Take 5.

It's not the first time that I read about henna temporary tattoos that leave a permanent scar on the body. I do believe that children should not do a tattoo even if it is a fake one. It is the parents responsability not to allow their children do such a thing.

There is a place in a mall I shop that has a small henna tattoo shop. I've let my kids try it, (they are 13 and 15). I think 3 is way too young, not because I have anything against tattoos, but just the fact that I remember my kids both had very delicate skin and were subject to allergic reactions when I switched soaps, detergents, etc, besides that it is too pricey for a 3 year old. I would stick to the peel ones, and see how his skin reacted. I can imagine the nightmare this has caused his mother. Shame on the place that allowed it too.

That's really very bad. I hope that before anyone decides to get even a fake tattoo like henna ones, they should see first if they are allergic to it. Also for me honestly getting a fake henna tattoo for a three year old is not a good idea since there are reported allergies to this kind of tattoo. Maybe it would have been better if it was just painted like those for face painting for kids if the boy really wants a Bart Simpson on his arm. Anyway I do hope that parents should consider things first before putting anything on their children, not only fake tattoos but also other products.

I am really old school when it come to these kinds of things. i would not encourage such a young person to put anything on their body like that. He probably will regret it. I feel bad for the youngster. I hope that other parents learn that things can go wrong and do not let there children do this!

My mom would barely allowed me to get the stick on tattoos. She believed they would encourage me to get a real one. I once had one spray painted on me at the skating rink. But by the time I was done skating and dancing my sweat erased the "tattoo" so my mom never saw it. I think you should never do anything to a child's skin. You never know how their skin might react. I know it was a harmless act but she shouldnt have done that to him at a young age. Henna tattoos usually come out and they do it to kids in other countries, but its sad that the boy is stuck with this.

Oh man. I guess it looks like it may be permanent. I know the mom must feel really guilty and bad. I know that she didn't mean any harm by it, but she shouldn't have let her son get the tattoo. They have the little fake tattos that you can apply and can easily wash off, she should've just let him use those kind instead. I wouldn't have let him get a henna tattoo if it was me.

I would be very angry. I would have to decide what to do next. I think the man doing the henna tattoo needs to have people sign an informed consent and give them the possible risks. I think like vaccines- parents need to know the possible side affects. Now when parents read the consent and risk form they need to know the risk is small, but real!!If I had been told it was possible for a side affect of this nature, I would never have allowed it.

that was shocking! i think 3 year old is too young for henna, i am in my twenties but i am still afraid to try henna, i am afraid that my skin will react to the ink,

I guess, not with henna, but you know there's this fancy tattoo where kids would just apply water on it and it kind of sticks on the skin and these kind of tattoes are believed to be child friendly. Well, if the kid wants to have such, I guess, I will inform the kid with the consequences so that he/she will have an informed decision to make.

My daughter was doing Henna tattoos and everywhere she read on the internet or the book she had on it they had warnings of using black henna saying it could leave scars and that some black henna ingredients could contain black hair dye. After reading about it she always used brown henna or she made her own she got a recipe on the internet. She warned her friends about getting one from someone who uses black henna. The guy giving the tattoos should have done some more reading up on using the black kind.

Henna "tattoos" are very safe and fade within a week or two, depends on how often you wash/scrub the part where you had it, the more the faster. I've personally used them quite often and never had such a thing happening to me, but that's what you get for relying on the words of a street inkist and not know the difference between different henna ink types. If anyone's interested, the most reliable color is a dark greenish henna, it can go away the quickest, has less smell "strength" if I should say so, and it never hurts or does any allergy reactions on the skin, afterall, it is made from a plant. The red one is kindof the same, but I don't have much experience with it so can't tell... On the other hand, the black one is very dangerous; it is the strongest and lasts the longest, but that is only because the ink is "enhanced" with either chemicals or -if you believe it or not- oil. It's not possible to hide or alter the color of the henna ink so as long as you know how each is you'll be safe. I used the black one once, thank goodness nothing happened w