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Donating+tattoo
Hey im 18/f and thank you all for helping me with my last question about tattoos. I Donate plasma 2x a week. I know if you have/get a tattoo/piercing you cant donate for a year after that. Is that because they dont want to risk anything, like aids or hepatitis or anything that could have came from the needle. I know its wrong and such but if i know im clean and whatnot is there a way they can tell i got a tattoo if its hidden? Does it do anything to the plasma where they could tell? If so whats the soonest i can donate. Besides 12 months. Thanks a bunch!
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You shouldn't donate if you're going to get a tattoo. The reasoning is because you cannot immediately tell if something like hepatitis or AIDS is in your blood. It sometimes take a bit to incubate and by then you could have donated enough plasma (or blood) to infect an awful lot of people.
Also, when you get a tattoo or piercing, your plasma is trying to heal YOU. Especially with tattoos, your plasma is trying to keep out infection and whatnot. Which means that it is exerting more energy, which means it won't keep as long... which makes it not good to put in people lacking plasma... you see what I'm saying?
If you're going to try and bend the rules, which I urge you not to do at all, for the sake of the people to which you're donating, the shortest amount of time it takes for a tattoo to be completely, fully healed, regardless of what the surface of the dermis (your skin) looks like is around 8 months. That is the VERY soonest that I would say you could be allowed to donate again.
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This is a really dangerous idea. How will you know that you're 'clean and whatnot'? Just because you don't have any symptoms does not mean you are clean. I strongly advise you wait for the 12 months or don't get the tattoo. The rules are strict for a very good reason. Sorry.
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