Skin Disease, Rash, Acne — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Skin Disease, Rash, Acne — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Skin Disease, Rash, Acne, waiting period is no waiting period; condition is as long as the skin over the vein to be used to collect blood is not affected; if the skin disease has become infected, wait until the infection has cleared; outcome is accept; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Acceptable as long as the skin over the vein to be used to collect blood is not affected. If the skin disease has become infected, wait until the infection has cleared before donating. Taking antibiotics to control acne does not disqualify you from donating.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
no waiting period
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Skin Disease, Rash, Acne
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- no waiting period
- Condition
- as long as the skin over the vein to be used to collect blood is not affected; if the skin disease has become infected, wait until the infection has cleared
- Outcome
- accept our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html