As long as your tattoo or piercing is healed and was done at a professionally licensed establishment in California, you can donate! Otherwise, you will have to wait 3 months.
Correspondingly, why can’t you donate blood after getting a piercing?
You often can’t donate blood for 3 months after getting a piercing, either. Like tattoos, piercings can introduce foreign material and pathogens into your body. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV can be contracted through blood contaminated by a piercing.
Moreover, what will disqualify you from donating blood?
You will be denied if your blood tests positive for: HIV-1, HIV-2, human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I, HTLV-II, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, West Nile Virus (WNV), and T. pallidum (syphilis). Blood donation is actually a quick and easy way to get tested for all of these things.
How much blood do you donate at a time?
The average adult has about 10 pints of blood in his body. Roughly 1 pint is given during a donation. A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days. A healthy donor may donate platelets as few as 7 days apart, but a maximum of 24 times a year.
How long do you have to wait to donate plasma after a piercing?
eight weeks
Can people with tattoos give blood?
Yes, you can.
If you got a tattoo in the last 3 months, is completely healed and was applied by a state regulated entity, which uses sterile needles and fresh ink — and you meet all donor eligibility requirements — you can donate blood!
Why can’t lymphoma survivors donate blood?
Cancer survivors of blood cancers are ineligible to donate platelets due to the nature of their disease. If you have survived a solid tumor type of cancer, you are encouraged to look into donating platelets as the need for platelet donation is great.
What are the 11 states that don’t regulate tattoo facilities?
There are currently 11 of the 50 states that do not regulate tattoo facilities. Those are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Utah, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and the District of Columbia.
