Cosmetic Products and Ingredients
Tattoos and Permanent Makeup
Information from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Elsewhere at FDA
- FDA Alerts Consumers About Adverse Events Associated With "Permanent Makeup" July 2, 2004
- Tattoos and Permanent Makeup November 29, 2000; Revised June 23, 2008
- Tattoos and Permanent Makeup (Easy to read, from FDA’s Office of Women’s Health "Take Time to Care" outreach initiative)
(also available in PDF for printing))
(also available in Spanish (HTML or PDF)) - Think Before You Ink: Are Tattoos Safe? December 2007
- Temporary Tattoos and Henna/Mehndi April 18, 2001; Updated September 18, 2006
- Warnings for Makers of Compounded Pain Products March-April 2007