In Reply to: And I get 1 or 2 every trip posted by bintangplease on Wednesday, 21. May 2008 at 18:20 Bali Time:
My understanding from what I have read, and what my doctor told me is that the more often you are exposed to PPD the more chance there is of becoming hyper-sensitive to it. I was getting these tattoos for a few years before I got a full blown reaction.
I now have a list of many other similar ingredients I could react to including some antibiotics,ear drops,local anaesthetics used by doctors and dentists; food colouring/dyes, cosmetics and more.
Again, not everyone will be allergic but it is dangerous stuff and only approved for use in hair dyes - and I'm sure that has been done for a reason.