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| Permanent Makeup: Risks |
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When permanent makeup is applied under safe and sanitary conditions, there is little risk of disease transmission.
Currently, there is no group or agency overseeing the cosmetic tattooing industry. Essentially anyone with the proper tools, pigments, and a chair could go into business. However, there are many doctors, nurses, cosmetologists, and traditional tattoo artists who are well trained and qualified in permanent makeup procedures. Your job is to find them.
In a less than sanitary environment, the FDA cautions that unsterile tattooing equipment and needles can transmit blood-borne illnesses such as hepatitis or human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that leads to AIDS. (Note: To date, there has been no incidence of HIV attributable to tattooing.) Blood donations can not be made for a year after getting permanent makeup.
The FDA also cautions that permanent makeup is not easily removed and in some cases may cause permanent discoloration.
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