Post Covid-19 Studio Etiquette

Post Covid-19 Studio Etiquette As states begin to ease Covid-19 restrictions, and post plans and timeline for reopening, I know what many of you are thinking. Finally! I can get some help with my piercing, get a new piercing, or get some new jewelry! Yay! Trust me- I’m just as excited to see all your smiling faces when we get back to it! But, like pretty much everything else, your trip to the studio is going to look different then in the past. This is a quick guideline to studio etiquette in a post covid-19 world. You’re going to need […]

Portfolios- How to Find a Good Piercer

Portfolios- How to Find a Good Piercer Often, when looking for a good piercer or someone for a specific project, folks are told to “check portfolios! Make sure their work is good!” And this seems like common sense, of course you want to check someones work and ensure that they are doing things correctly, placement is aesthetically pleasing, jewelry is quality. But, how do you actually know what to look for. In a world where every phone has an amazing quality camera, and anyone can edit and use angles, how does a client actually assess a portfolio and make sure […]

Pregnancy and Navel Piercings

Pregnancy and Navel Piercings Getting pregnant is such an exciting time! There’s a new little life growing inside of you which means big changes are coming. We all know about the changes pregnancy can cause on the body, but it’s easy to overlook the changes it can cause with your piercings. Most notable being navel piercings. Navels change, sometimes dramatically, during or after pregnancy; which we briefly cover in our “Unique Anatomy Navels” article. The main question we get though, is “can jewelry be left in the piercing throughout pregnancy?”. The simple answer to this is unfortunately, no. There’s a […]

Piercing Through Scar Tissue

Piercing Through Scar Tissue “Can you pierce me through a scar?” “I heard it won’t heal if you pierce me through a scar?” “I heard it hurts more through scar tissue?” I get questions like this quite often, and these are super valid questions for sure! Scar Tissue is not as stable or as healthy as regular tissue and there are absolutely often different considerations depending on the type or degree of scarring that you have. That said, there is also a lot of misinformation floating around out there about scar tissue as well, so lets take a look at […]

Piercings and Body Positivity

Piercings and Body Positivity Piercings have an amazing, magical ability to help improve your confidence and self image. And for many hundreds of yeas across many cultures piercings have been viewed as a status symbol, and a symbol of beauty and strength. Modern piercing is no different. That moment a client get hops up and looks in the mirror and the smile that blooms across their face says everything you could need to know about how powerful piercings can be for self confidence. It’s safe to say virtually everyone struggles with body image. We all have things we dislike about […]

Piercing Needles

Piercing Needles When it comes to piercing, perhaps the most important tool and the most misunderstood is the needle. For decades needles have been the preferred, suggested tool for use in body piercing and with good reason. Needles allow for precise creation of piercing channels, and are less harmful and damaging than piercing guns. They allow us more control over angle and placement, and more choices for jewelry. But despite all of these pros, many clients find themselves scared or intimidated by needles. A natural response- most of our experiences especially as children and young adults with needles is medical […]

Piercing Reconstructed Lobes

Piercing Reconstructed Lobes We’ve talked in the past about surgeries and scars in regards to piercing. Today, I want to talk about a very specific instance that piercers around the world deal with often- reconstructed lobes. It’s becoming more and more common to encounter clients who for a bevy of reasons need reconstructive work done on their ears. And many are eager to repierce them afterwards, and enjoy fun earrings again. But lobe reconstruction is a unique process and approaching working with reconstructed lobes is a different beast entirely from piercing standard lobes. What is Lobe Reconstruction? It’s a surgical […]

Piercing, Pilfering, and Positive Endings- A Story of Ethical Manufacturing in the Industry

Piercing, Pilfering, and Positive Endings- A Story of Ethical Manufacturing in the Industry Today’s blog post is very different. We are going to discuss ethical manufacturing and sourcing- a problem that faces every industry in the world currently, and piercing is no exception. Specifically, I want to address the rampant issue of massive companies and corporations who steal designs from small independent makers, artisans, and craftspeople. This is no new story- if you are on the internet and do anything with fashion you’ve seen the instances of Dolls Kill, Wish, Amazon, and other giants stealing designs from small creators. But […]

Piercing, Math, and Angles- How it Adds up

Piercing, Math, and Angles- How it Adds up We have a saying around here- “Piercing is like Math- you gotta show your work!”, but how does that explain why we’re taking a picture up your nose. Well, with body piercing, there are a lot of important factors: a clean procedure, high quality jewelry, and of course a healthy piercing. One factor not everyone considers though, is the angle of the piercing. It may look pretty and perfect from the front, but if the piercing is passing through the body at a bad angle (crooked, uneven, etc) the chances of the […]

Piercing and Body Modification Media List

Piercing and Body Modification Media List If you know me, you know piercing and body modification is my great love in life, and I’m all about everything related to it. On that end, from a young age I have ravenously consumed media about piercings, tattoos, and body modification. I regularly see folks asking for suggestions on content related to this to watch, read, and consume, so I decided to collect it all into a blog post for ease! If you have any further suggestions that aren’t on this list, message me so I can add it! Books Modern Primitives– This […]