are henna tattoos safe?

Q. my friend got a henna tattoo this past weekend and i really want one she said i could one at 6 flags and i am going there friday...but before i get one i want to know how safe they are
does anyone know if the ones at 6 flags are pure henna or black

A. Pure henna is safe for almost everyone. Allergies to henna are very rare. If you're female it's almost certain to be completely safe for you. If you're under about 6 years old, there's a very tiny chance that henna could be dangerous for you. If you have G6PD deficiency, it's not recommended to get henna other than small applications and then only as an adult. It's a very rare condition and affects males twice as often as females, and some cultures have higher rates of this deficiency than others. Henna may be very dangerous to infants with this condition, but less so for adults.

So almost for sure you will be fine getting pure henna, but if you're a Kurdish male who's anemic you may want to talk to a doc first. If you're a white or hispanic woman, there's very little chance you would have this condition. True allergies to henna are very rare but possible, and they bring on symptoms similar to pet or food allergies. You can patch test for them.

Black henna is not henna at all, and not safe at all. It's hair dye and it can seriously mess you up when put on your skin. Like permanent scars and liver damage.

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Hi can someone help me with a Kurdish tradition?

Q. Hi I have been dating a Kurdish girl for 4months and so far so good!
Last week her parents invited me over to dinner and I was really nervous but all went well. I was just looking around their living room and saw a picture of a old woman. I asked my girlfriend who she was cause she had a very interesting and mysterious look and it turns out it was her grandmother who has passed away years ago. I didnt want to be insensitive so i closed the subject but the woman had tatooes over hands and one on her face which looked like a flame. I would really like to know what it is. Has anyone got a clue??
what does it symbolise? (in general)
Thanks Ipek at last someone who knows.
Cheers!

Answers are still welcome.

A. Well, tattoo's are a very traditional part of Middle Eastern culture as well as Far Eastern.

Traditional tattoo's are done in fear of evil eyes, superstitious beliefs i.e., power to protect against bad luck or illnesses or to have a baby, more milk to feed the babies etc..

Although it is against Muslim beliefs, Kurds, Arabs, Syrians,some Gypsy ( traveler) ethnic tribes - all from the Mesopotamian culture- also used tattoo's to express feelings or thoughts like fear, love, emotional pain, where expression with words was considered shameful and rude, especially for women.

"Dak" or "Dek" - pronounced as Dakh /Dekh ( tattoo in Kurdish) is also used by elderly Kurdish women for those purposes or -as some claims- only for decoration purposes.

It is not a commonly performed act anymore since traditions are dying due to globalization and modernization.

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Why are the American people totally powerless when a President decides to wage war?

Q. If the USA is a democracy, why does the President and Congress spend billions and billions of borrowed money on a war based on what is now know as blatant lies. The same thing started the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, LIES. Is this the same as the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire? Can the USA keep spending BILLIONS OF DOLLARS it BORROWS EVERYDAY, on war to make the defense contractors rich Indefinately? Who will eventually have to repay the debt? Our Grandchildren? Will our governmemt eventually collaspe like the U.S.S.R's did because we have no control over the Republicans or Democrats. All get bought by the corporations don't they?

A. Hard rock, you've got a rocket in your pocket against GWB.

The "weapons of mass destruction" issue was some really bad intelligence. No doubts now. BUT it was reasonable at the time. It is a matter of HISTORICAL FACT that Iraq used those gas weapons agains Iran 20+ years ago. It is a matter of HISTORICAL FACT that Iraq used those weapons against the northern Kurdish tribes. It is a matter of HISTORICAL FACT that Iraq committed an act of aggression against the very peaceful nation of Kuwait. So if you intelligence that says "They've got more WMD and are preparing to use them again" - and at the time, you don't have IMMEDIATE reasons to doubt the intelligence, are you going to WAIT and let them have their way against their weaker neighbors?

Go read deeper into history. Those who ignore aggression face aggression all too soon. Look at the lessons of Nazi Germany. Everybody ignored what they were doing. Until suddenly war erupted and tore apart much of Europe.

Go read about Saddam's sons and how they liked little girls. About 12 years old, maybe 13, but DEFINITELY had to be virgin. They went away little girls. Came back women. Tell me you don't care about the atrocities committed against whole familis. Tell me your hatred is so deep that you don't care about the victims of Saddam's oppression.

One of my neighbors, now deceased, showed me her tattoo - it was her concentration camp number. She also told me something that I still remember. "All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing."

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