Tattoo, Permanent Make-up, Micro-blading — 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 Tattoo, Permanent Make-up, Micro-blading, waiting period is 3 months; condition is if the tattoo, permanent make-up or micro-blading was applied in Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, or Washington, D.C.; no deferral if performed in a state-regulated shop using sterile needles and single-use ink; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is Vitalant (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.
- Criterion
- Tattoo, Permanent Make-up, Micro-blading verified
- Blood service
- Vitalant (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 months verified
- Condition
- if the tattoo, permanent make-up or micro-blading was applied in Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, or Washington, D.C.; no deferral if performed in a state-regulated shop using sterile needles and single-use ink 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
Tattoos/Permanent Make-up/Micro-blading: These are acceptable and the donor is not deferred if the tattoo, permanent make-up or micro-blading was performed in a state-regulated shop, using sterile needles and single-use ink. If you got a tattoo, permanent make-up or micro-blading in one of the following states/cities, we'll ask you to wait 3 months from the date it was applied before giving blood: Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, D.C.
— vitalant.org, retrieved 2026-08-13
Source
- vitalant.orghttps://www.vitalant.org/eligibility