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Are you thinking of getting a tattoo? Many people are growing more accepting of the tattooing process<\/a>, although there are some people with controversial and reserved thoughts about the inking process. One of those reserved thoughts and prohibitions includes donating blood after getting your body tattooed.<\/p>\n

There are a few things that may disqualify you from becoming a donor for blood, such as age, potential life situations, and events and diseases such as Hepatitis B and C, HIV or AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases<\/strong>, as well as some severe lungs diseases<\/strong>. In some facilities, you could also be ineligible for giving blood if you recently had a tattoo or a piercing.<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019re going to talk about whether it\u2019s allowed to donate blood if you have a tattoo, as well as some regulations from facility to facility. Make sure to read the article, if you\u2019re a regular blood donor, but you want to embark on the tattooing journey.<\/p>\n

Tattoos And Blood Donation<\/h2>\n
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As you may know, when tattooing, your tattoo artist will use a tattoo needle to pierce through your skin to shape and outline your tattoo. The tattooing process allows a lot of bacteria living on your skin to get inside of it and potentially enter your bloodstream.<\/p>\n

Among those bacteria, there could also be some blood-borne pathogens that could spread across the blood and result in some sexually-transitive diseases that you may not know about. That\u2019s why many hospitals and medical facilities, as well as blood donating facilities, had a pretty strict policy about donating blood from tattooed individuals.<\/p>\n

Even a famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo avoided getting a tattoo because he frequently donated his blood.<\/a><\/p>\n

As you may know, the healing process for a tattoo can last anywhere from two weeks to six weeks, and cause skin infections<\/a> if the aftercare<\/a> is not properly done. The risk is only increased if you didn\u2019t get your tattoo done at a certified and regulated tattoo studio but went to an unregulated tattoo artist who didn\u2019t adhere to all the rules for hygiene when tattooing.<\/p>\n

Still, a lot of professional artists are trying their best to adhere to those rules and make a tattoo that will heal easily and as painlessly as possible, while also advising their clients how to take care of their tattoo so that it\u2019d heal swiftly and so that they could get back to donating blood as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

In a lot of countries, tattooed people cannot donate blood because of fear of potential infections that can be transmitted through blood, and were obtained through the tattooing process. Even in a country that is tattoo-friendly and filled with various regulations, the process can be challenging, because people may travel to some cheaper places to get their tattoo done by a local who doesn\u2019t adhere to all the rules regarding tattooing, especially if they traveled to a developing country.<\/p>\n

There are different regulations regarding when is the right time to start donating blood after a tattoo. Below, we\u2019re going to look at some regulations regarding tattooing and blood donation.<\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0<\/strong>Tattoo Blowout or Still Healing: How to Fix?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What To Know If You Want To Donate Blood After Getting Tattooed<\/h2>\n

Donating blood is charitable and people who practice that are greatly valued and respected, especially if they have a blood type that is high in demand and necessary to save life. Still, there are a few things that you need to consider if you want to donate blood after giving blood.<\/p>\n

Below, we will list what you need to know before you donate blood after getting a tattoo.<\/p>\n

You May Have to Wait<\/h3>\n

Getting a tattoo is a fresh and exciting experience. Nevertheless, your skin receives micro-injuries as the tattoo needle penetrates your skin to outline the tattoo. This may make you ineligible to donate blood for some time, even if you were tattooed in a certified and registered tattoo studio in the regulated states.<\/p>\n

Some facilities within the registered states of the United States of America will allow you to donate blood as soon as you\u2019re done with the procedure, although we don\u2019t think that anyone is willing to give blood immediately after getting their body inked.<\/p>\n

There are some facilities, that will make you wait for a little, for a given time from 3 to 7 days after getting tattooed. That\u2019s to ensure that your wound is healing and that you didn\u2019t catch any transmittable infections during the tattooing times, even if the process was safe, your tattoo artist adhering to the hygienic standards and you caring for the tattoo properly.<\/p>\n

Even if there are no regulations that will restrict you from giving blood after some given time, we suggest that it\u2019s best to wait for 7 days, so that you can rest properly and have your tattoo wound heal even a little.<\/p>\n

Some States Don\u2019t Regulate The Tattoo Facilities<\/h3>\n

Depending on where you\u2019ve got your tattoo done, there are different times that you\u2019ll have to wait before you can donate blood. In The United States, most of the states do have regulatory bodies that can regulate and control the tattoo studios and other tattoo facilities that provide inking services.<\/p>\n

For that purpose, these regulators will check if those facilities use new ink and replace needles before applying it to their clients. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that the tattoos done in all facilities are regulated, and chances are that you will have to wait before you can donate blood.<\/p>\n

At the moment, 10 states don\u2019t regulate their tattoo facilities. They include:<\/p>\n