Warhammer 40k tattoos

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**micahaphone**

Snowman90 wrote:
SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
micahaphone wrote:I don't think I'd ever be able to get a tattoo, because you can't give blood (in the USA) after you've gotten one, for ink poisoning spoils it.

No, you can't give blood... for one year afterwards. Tattooing can possibly introduce an infection underneath the skin, so the Red Cross will not allow donations. They will also not allow donations, for a time, for people who have had or been in contact with serious contagious diseases, like pneumonia. Also, for certain periods of time, if you lived outside of the US, you are permanently banned from ever giving blood.

That being said, most legitimate tattoo artists are cleaner than some doctor's offices I've been to. So stop worrying and if you want to get one, get one!

Has this thread veered off topic too far now?

You can give blood. The red cross called me. I explained to them I recently got a tattoo. They said, and I quote "As long as your tattoo was from a licensed artist you can give blood without complication." And that was just a few weeks ago.

Thanks for the clarification.

**Snowman90**

micahaphone wrote:
Snowman90 wrote:
SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
micahaphone wrote:I don't think I'd ever be able to get a tattoo, because you can't give blood (in the USA) after you've gotten one, for ink poisoning spoils it.

No, you can't give blood... for one year afterwards. Tattooing can possibly introduce an infection underneath the skin, so the Red Cross will not allow donations. They will also not allow donations, for a time, for people who have had or been in contact with serious contagious diseases, like pneumonia. Also, for certain periods of time, if you lived outside of the US, you are permanently banned from ever giving blood.

That being said, most legitimate tattoo artists are cleaner than some doctor's offices I've been to. So stop worrying and if you want to get one, get one!

Has this thread veered off topic too far now?

You can give blood. The red cross called me. I explained to them I recently got a tattoo. They said, and I quote "As long as your tattoo was from a licensed artist you can give blood without complication." And that was just a few weeks ago.

Thanks for the clarification.

But that's just here in Ohio. Not sure if its the same where you are.

**mrwhoop**

The Red Cross still won't take blood if you lived outside the U.S. during certain years though. There's no blood screening test for human carriers of mad cow.