The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) encourages everyone to report adverse reactions to
permanent and temporary tattoos and permanent makeup to the FDA's Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Adverse Event Reporting System
(CAERS). This agency monitors problems caused by cosmetic products and
ingredients, including color additives.
You can contact CFSAN by
telephone at (301) 436-2405 or by e-mail at CAERS@cfsan.fda.gov.
You can also submit information about adverse reactions to MedWatch, the
FDA Medical Products Reporting Program.
- By mail:
- MedWatch
- 5600 Fishers Lane
- Rockville,
MD 20852-9787
- By phone: 1-800-332-1088
- By Internet:
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm
