A mother fears her son could have been left scarred for life after an apparently innocuous henna tattoo started blistering and bleeding.

Nine year old Tyler Ewles had the tribal design imprinted on the lower part of his back while on a visit to a night market at Guardamar near Alicante in Spain while the Reedham family was on holiday.

For the first eight days after the temporary tattoo was created, there were no signs of any problems and Tyler enjoyed showing it off.

But when the family returned home on October 8 his skin became itchy, sore and blistered, prompting mum Jo to take him to the doctors.

A doctor at Acle Medical Centre told Tyler's mum the blistering could have been a reaction to the black hair dye, paraphenylenediamine, which is used in temporary tattoos. Full story...

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