Piercing Both Ears

Piercing Both Ears “So, I was hoping to get a tragus and a helix on my left side, and then a conch and a flat on my right to balance things out!” At first, this statement makes perfect sense. You want to get a jump on decorating your ear, and you want to keep things balanced. Or maybe you love symmetry and so you want to get matching conches or matching helixes. You wanna be even! This all makes perfect sense. (there’s always a but) It’s actually a terrible idea. I know, I know, you hate when I say no. […]

Philtrum Piercing 101

Philtrum Piercing 101 Let’s talk philtrum piercings! Philtrum piercings, sometimes called medusa piercings, are a piercing through the center of the cupids bow of the upper lip. These super fun piercings have grown in popularity over the last 5-10 years, and its easy to see why! Centered in the face and flattering for any features, philtrum’s allow for a huge range of jewelry from tiny delicate gems too big, bold pieces. They are relatively easy to heal, and are super user friendly to change jewelry on your own. With under mask services resuming around the world folks are getting these […]

Paired Tongue Piercings 101

Paired Tongue Piercings 101 Last week we talked all about tongue piercings- information about oral health risks, healing, anatomy, and more! But this was all focused on your traditional single centered tongue piercing. What about other placements- like the very popular paired tongue piercings? Well, these piercings follow some of the same rules, but also have some extra considerations. So, let’s talk about paired tongue piercings! A Note on Horizontal Placements Of course, I can’t talk about tongue piercings without taking some time to address horizontal tongue piercings. There is no safe horizontal placement on the tongue- point blank. While […]

Over Pierced and Under Stress: How Piercings Heal

Over Pierced and Under Stress: How Piercings Heal One of our favorite things we get to do here is ear curations! Often times, these projects require 3 or 4 (or 5 or 6…) new piercings to help complete the look a client wishes to achieve. With everything all planned out, it’s understandable to want to just jump into it head first and get all those piercings done at once for that sweet instant gratification. Trust us when we say, we understand how addictive a new sparkly piercing can be. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, you can certainly have too much […]

PA Stretching

PA Stretching Continuing our series on stretching piercings, we are talking about stretching Prince Albert AKA PA piercings today! If you are unfamiliar with this piercing, I have a great 101 guide on them here. PA’s are arguably one of the most popular penile genital piercings we do, and they are incredibly popular to stretch as well! That said, stretching can be a bit of a process with these, so let’s take a closer look. Before beginning a note that we are discussing a penile piercing and this article is 18+ and will have mentions of sex and kink subjects. […]

Piercers or Clients: Who Comes First?

Piercers or Clients: Who Comes First? Todays blog post is for the piercers, and it’s one that is a bit of an uncomfortable topic. I would say that the vast majority of piercers would agree that the most important element of our job is our clients. After all, when we are doing piercings we are taking some real risks with other peoples bodies. We spend so much time working on learning proper technique because we want to do piercings that are well done and heal well. We devote hours to learning about sterilization and to cleaning our studios because we […]

Picking Your Piercer

Picking Your Piercer We understand that choosing the right piercer can be tricky. How can you be sure that the piercer near you is reputable? Well in an ideal world, we’d love to assume that every state has laws and regulations to ensure only someone who is highly experienced and well trained can pierce you. Unfortunately though, that isn’t the case. There are very few states that have strict laws in regards to body piercing; and even if a state does have body piercing laws, they typically only dictate age limits and basic studio cleanliness. This means there are no […]

Outer Conch 101

Outer Conch 101 Last weeks article was all about the conch piercing. So to this weeks is the logical follow up, the outer conch! This placement has been referred to by many different names, from high conch to low scapha,contra-conch to snonch (a combination of snug and conch, notably coined by Joeltron out of Opal Heart ). I personally refer to them as an outer conch, and so that’s what I’m calling them here. I personally adore this placement and have a lot of beautiful examples in my portfolio of it. I was actually interview for Allure magazine about this […]

Phone Etiquette in the Piercing Room

Phone Etiquette in the Piercing Room Getting a new body piercing is super exciting! Everything about the process from picking out jewelry to the actual procedure is super fun and interesting. For that reason we totally understand your desire to document the whole process! But, there’s some definite etiquette for having phones out in a studio, which not every client may be aware of. So this article is all about proper phone etiquette in a piercing studio. Ask First, Respect the Rules Hopefully this is obvious, but ask someone before taking photos or videos of them. For a number of […]

Nostril Piercing 101

Nostril Piercing 101 Nostril piercings- these piercings are among the most popular piercings we do, from modern times all the way through history. Piercing the nostril has been a common practice and tradition in cultures on nearly every continent, across much of recorded human history. Some of the most famous records of nostril piercings include the Bible, Mughal records, and even among victorian aristocracy. Nostril piercings are a piercing through the cartilage of the nostril, into the nasal passage. They can have a variety of placements from high up in the nose to right on the tip. Today, we are […]