lonewulf66 t1_jdykmvc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:10 AM

Her poor, poor veins.

drengr84 t1_jdz5u7h wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:00 AM

I healed completely between blood donations; it's only every couple months. Plasma donations are much more frequent. I started looking like a heroine addict with all the needle scars. My employer decided to "randomly" drug test me.

If I remember right, plasma "donations" are up to twice a week (you donate blood and sell plasma). It's a long slow process, over an hour, compared to the 5 or 10 minutes donating blood.

Blood and plasma donation do not affect veins at all, other than a tiny amount of scar tissue from frequent plasma donation.

This isn't directed toward you, just hoping someone might read this who is afraid of donating.

World_in_my_eyes t1_je0qm6y wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:08 PM

I donate platelets every month and I heal between donations, but I have small dark scars in the crooks of both arms. It’s especially bad right after I donate because it’s a double needle procedure and I’ll be rocking bruises and marks on both arms for a couple of days. The American Red Cross allows platelet donations every seven days, but that’s too much for my body.