# Body piercing — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Body piercing, blood service is JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services; waiting period is 4 months; condition is Less than 4 months from last piercing; outcome is temporary deferral; guideline version is WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 76 (30 April 2025), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Body piercing
- **Blood service:** JPAC / UK Blood and Tissue Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 4 months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** Less than 4 months from last piercing _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Guideline version:** WB-DSG Edition 203 Release 76 (30 April 2025)

## What the source says

> Must not donate if: Less than 4 months from last piercing.

## Source

- https://www.jpac.org.uk/guidelines/wb/index/body-piercing/

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/).