Piercings and tattoos — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)
What is the waiting period for Piercings and tattoos — can I give blood? (Canadian Blood Services)?
For Piercings and tattoos, waiting period is 3 months; condition is after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Canadian Blood Services, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
You are eligible to donate three months after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup.
— blood.ca, retrieved 2026-08-06
3 months
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
- Piercings and tattoos
- Blood service
- Canadian Blood Services our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 months
- Condition
- after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup verified
- Outcome
- temporary deferral 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
- blood.cahttps://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility/piercings-tattoos