Puncture Me

[Nominus Experse]

I believe so, but it would seem as though they went overboard with it and it became yet another source of discrimination rather than actual safeguard.

They run tests on all blood prior to freezing/administering it anyways.


And smurfing stop talking of moles. I've never heard of anyone getting one, and after almost 4 years of donating, I have not grown a mole. This thread is about donating blood, not how a small physiological difference has been rumored to happen.

[Anaisa]

And smurfing stop talking of moles. I've never heard of anyone getting one, and after almost 4 years of donating, I have not grown a mole. This thread is about donating blood, not how a small physiological difference has been rumored to happen.

If you're not susceptible to hyperpigmentation in the first place, you wouldn't do.

[Momiji]

I wanted to donate blood at my school's blood drive this year, but they wouldn't let me 'cause I was 16 at the time, and my birthday was around 3 days after the drive. Apparently 3 days away from 17 makes my blood not any good or something.

I definitely will donate next year though.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

I donated blood once so far. I am an O+ (according to my mom that means my sister is an O-). I do not mind needs, in fact I somewhat enjoy the feeling of a needle in my arm.

[fire_of_avalon]

Nom, I am very sorry for hijacking your thread, and this is the last post I will make.

There is no such thing as semi-permanent moles, moles are permanent, they don't naturally disappear. Once they're formed, they only disappear if you remove them. Actually, not all the reasons for cell clusterings are known. An melanogenesis is the production and release of melanin. So melanogenesis is not a process that needs to be triggered. Those things effect malonogenesis, but malanogenesisis is an on going normal process anyway.

Here are some links that say moles don't last forever.

Some moles may not change at all, while others may slowly disappear over time.
Some moles will slowly disappear over time.
Moles will vary over time. There may be color changes, surface changes, or begin to have hairs. There are some that will change much over time, some that will not change a bit, and some that may just disappear.

Yes, melanogenesis is something that normally happens in the body. I never said it wasn't. What I said was certain triggers can jumpstart melanogenesis which can lead to the creation of a mole.

And maybe you're right in saying that we don't yet know ALL 100% of the external triggers of melanogenesis, but we know the most common. And guess what? Puncture wounds ain't on the list. Unless you're a dermatologist currently involved in research on the subject, I don't believe you.

At any rate, a scar/mole/tattoo/divine symbol of godhood/WHATEVER is a pretty shallow reason to decide to not give blood when you can potentially save someone else's life.

[Nominus Experse]

I'm going to rip one of the moles off my back and throw it at Anaisa.


And my, according to the poll, only 3 out of 14 able people are willing to donate blood. No wonder there is such a high demand for blood.

[Ko Ko]

I can't because I am highly anemic (no iron at all, you can draw black lines all over me with gold) and have several physical problems.

[Grazia]

I never have, probably wont get a chance to either.

I'm diabetic, so I'm not really sure if I could due to Insulin deficiency..

Edit: If an Anaemic cant, stands a cnace that I cant really either.

[Levian]

Maybe I should make some use of this poor excuse of a body and donate some of that stuff. Donating blood never really crossed my mind, maybe I would've if someone asked me to. I don't even know where to go. Anyway, my blood type is A and I think there's a + on it.

I learned that I can never donate blood because I lived in Norway. They said something about Mad Cow Disease. Lame.

Freaky. I thought that disease was more common in other countries, one of them being UK. Would be silly if no Norwegians could donate because of that. :rolleyes:

[Nominus Experse]

I calculated how many gallons and years I would need to donate in order to donate my worth in body weight.

15.60624 gallons would equal my weight as of right now (130)

I am able to donate every 56 days, so it will take me around 1.25842 years to donate 8 pints (1 gallon).

15.60624 / 1.25842 = 12.40145 years.

So, by the time I am around 32 years of age, I ought to have donated my true worth. Perhaps I'll even live long enough to donate twice my body weight. That'd be more than 30 gallons of blood...

[rubah]

dang, does blood weigh that much more than water?

[Tempest]

No, I have never donated blood before. It's not that I don't want to, it's just I've never given it any thought. I am A positive.

[Nominus Experse]

dang, does blood weigh that much more than water?

I figured that since blood is primarily made of water I would use water weight instead.

Water weighs around 8.3 pounds per gallon.

[Anaisa]

Here are some links that say moles don't last forever.

Some moles may not change at all, while others may slowly disappear over time.
Some moles will slowly disappear over time.
Moles will vary over time. There may be color changes, surface changes, or begin to have hairs. There are some that will change much over time, some that will not change a bit, and some that may just disappear.

Well I don't know where they got that information from, but I beg to differ. I'm trained to perform pigmentation removal, an we're taught moles are permanent unless removed. My mother's a beauty therapist too, an she was taught the same as me. I haven't ever actually encountered any text on moles before that has stated they can disappear. Fade yes, but not disappear.

Yes, melanogenesis is something that normally happens in the body. I never said it wasn't. What I said was certain triggers can jumpstart melanogenesis which can lead to the creation of a mole.

But that's not correct. It doesn't jumpstart it, because it's a permanent thing. It's permanently there working. Those triggers cause changes to the process, they don't start the process itself.

And maybe you're right in saying that we don't yet know ALL 100% of the external triggers of melanogenesis, but we know the most common. And guess what? Puncture wounds ain't on the list. Unless you're a dermatologist currently involved in research on the subject, I don't believe you.

I'm not a dermatologist, but I'm a beauty therapist.

At any rate, a scar/mole/tattoo/divine symbol of godhood/WHATEVER is a pretty shallow reason to decide to not give blood when you can potentially save someone else's life.

I'm not a big fan of humans, so I don't consider them worth the risk. If I could potentially save an animals life but risk getting a mole, I'd do it.

I'm going to rip one of the moles off my back and throw it at Anaisa.

An then I'm going to make Nominus Experse eat the mole he attempted to throw at me.