A fast-growing K-Beauty brand — call it Brand A — recently appeared in not one but two FDA public databases. First in CAERS, the FDA's cosmetics adverse event reporting system. Then in MAUDE, the medical device adverse event database. No recall. No import alert. But showing up across two separate FDA systems at the same time? That kind of thing gets noticed. Why an FDA Database Listing Is Never Just a Footnote CAERS and MAUDE are fully public. No login required. Any consumer,