Ear/Body Piercing/Branding — can I give blood? (Vitalant (US))
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.
For Ear/Body Piercing/Branding, waiting period is 3 months; condition is if not performed using single-use equipment; no deferral if single-use equipment was used; piercings done at Claire’s stores and similar establishments are acceptable; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Vitalant (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- Criterion
- Ear/Body Piercing/Branding verified
- Blood service
- Vitalant (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 months verified
- Condition
- if not performed using single-use equipment; no deferral if single-use equipment was used; piercings done at Claire’s stores and similar establishments are acceptable 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.
What the source says
Ear/Body Piercing/Branding: You are eligible to donate if a piercing or branding was performed using single-use equipment. Otherwise, we’ll ask you to wait 3 months before donating.
— vitalant.org, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- vitalant.orghttps://www.vitalant.org/eligibility