The art of... body adornment: Henna artful alternative to the needle
An alternative to permanent tattooing is Mehndi, the ancient art of applying henna-based paste to skin. Since antiquity, the leaves of henna plant (Lawsonia Inermis) have been used as a skin, hair and nail dye.
Since it is a dye, it may be preferable to more invasive methods of body art, such as tattooing, where ink is injected into the dermal layer of the skin. Henna staining may be a good description of the process - not henna tattooing.
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