# Piercings and tattoos — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Piercings and tattoos, blood service is Canadian Blood Services; waiting period is 3 months; condition is after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Piercings and tattoos
- **Blood service:** Canadian Blood Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 3 months
- **Condition:** after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> You are eligible to donate three months after getting a tattoo, piercing, microblading, or permanent makeup.

## Source

- https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility/piercings-tattoos

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).