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Most tattoo parlers are better at those type of piercings.
They have better health standars and more experiance.
Today is my daughter's birthday and I promised her she could get a piercing on her upper ear. Where is the best place to go locally for that? For her other ear piercings I have always just gone to Claire's. But since this one will be in the cartilage and I wasn't really very pleased with the results last time at Claire's ( it wasn't very symmetrical).
Anyway, she'll be home in about an hour and a half so please answer quickly.
Most tattoo parlers are better at those type of piercings.
They have better health standars and more experiance.
My best friend got her upper ear done at Claire's and it turned out just fine.
I've had up to 8 piercings in each ear that I did myself ... but I could never work up the nerve to do the cartilage. Maybe the next time I go to Walmart I'll take a crack at it ... they did a good job on my daughter's ears.
I don't know if I'd have the nerve to take my 14 year old...excuse me...15 year old daughter to a tatoo parlor just yet....
Platinum piercing.
What about that Yuchnitz dude's shops?
That dude's a psycho looking kinda guy. What sane person would open up a tattoo parlor for young people next to a glasses place for old people? I know he wants to corner the market, but cmon!
She's 14. Well I made her agree that she would not ask for anymore piercings or any tatoos until she is 18. I also presented her with the following certificate.I don't know if I'd have the nerve to take my 14 year old...excuse me...15 year old daughter to a tatoo parlor just yet....
This is good for one upper ear piercing. * Use of this certificate cons utes all piercing that will take place on said body until the age of 18.
*This certificate is not transferable to any other body part.
I could have sworn you said she was 14 already .... my daughter is resigned to be satisified with 2 *normal* piercings in each ear until she's old enough to go have it done (and paid for) herself.
She paid for her 2nd & 3rd set of "normal" ear piercings. But I told her I would pay for this one since she just had to pay for half of a very expensive guitar we bought her.
That guy who owns the Platinum piercing places and eyeglasses place is very wealthy. They are very clean as far as I know.
I thought his son's tattoo & piercing place was athte Evers Rd 410 intersection next to the Hot Tub & place behind KFC??That dude's a psycho looking kinda guy. What sane person would open up a tattoo parlor for young people next to a glasses place for old people? I know he wants to corner the market, but cmon!
I used to live right behind it and I went to that shop a couple of times.
Unless they've moved in the past 2 years.
There is a place on Fredericksburg at 410, right next to Frost Bank. My friend had her tongue, lip, eyebrow, etc done there. Cheap, clean, sterile, never a hint of an infection. Can't remember the name though.
And yes, go to a tattoo parlor or somewhere they use needles. If you go to Claire's, they use a gun. A gun will simply squish the cartilage out of the way, meaning when it heals she will have a knot and the stud can (and will, in my case) go through the cartilage. I woke up one day with blood on my pillow because the starter stud went through my ear, and my skin had started to close the stud into my ear tissue! It looked like my ear was growing an earring out of it! EWWWW.
I learned later its because of the gun. Using a sterile surgical needle is the only way to go with cartilage.
Both my cartiledge piercings were done at Claire's. The first one was great. There isn't even a knot, and I've never had any problems with it. So a year later I went back for the other ear.
The gun jammed, and the woman kept pushing the trigger to try and get it to release, which hurt like bloody ing every ing time she did it. Finally, she had to go get a tool and she lef the gun hanging off my ear while she did it. The only reason I didn't scream in pain was that I had slammed the car door on my thumb earlier that day in such a way that it was shut into the car and the driver had to fumble with the keys, unlock the car, and open the door to release my thumb. I cracked the bone, so I was already in a lot of pain.
That ear got infected, and I ended up having to pull the earring out of the swollen tissue, wash it all down with alcohol, ice it and put the earring back in myself with a broken thumb. It's amazing the piercing held, but after I washed it down, it healed nicely.
But because of that, and my other body piercing experiences, I highly, highly recommend a piercing and tatto parlor. They should be licensed and visibly clean. They should walk you through the area, show the autoclave for sterilizing equipment, wear gloves at all times and talk you/show you the procedure, including where the implements go after use, how they cleanse the stuff, etc. Also, they should be willing to let you watch one or more procedures to ensure safety.
I can't recommend any place in SA, but I've got a great place in Houston. I wish I could repierce my eyebrow, but SFIE hated my eyebrow ring. At least I can still go get tattooed!
Thank you, I didn't know all of that.
Just remember that she'll always have a visible hole if you use a piercing parlor, because they'll actually remove the cartilege, not just punch through it. With a piercing gun, you just punch through the tissue (which is why it frequently results in knots of cartiledge). And she will have to have either a rounded barbell or full hoop in that ear - the hole is generally to large for a normal stud, if done via surgical needle. That's probably not a problem, but worth consideration.
That's great and all, but with my luck I'd take my 10 year old daughter to get her ear pierced at a tatoo parlor....and we'd end up right next to the guy getting the ampallang.
I'll do it, what time do you want me to come over?
Buy one get one free, we'll do you as well since she can only get the one, where do you want yours?
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DAMN !!!
At my place here, they don't do, erm, 'private' piercings in full view, because that would be exhibitionism, and they could be fined. They have closed rooms, etc.
I'm so craving another tattoo right now because of all of this. Hmmmmmm. I do have another designed.
What's that supposed to mean?
2Blonde - that was a very painful day . . .
Good luck to your daughter! You are a cool mom. My dad flipped out when I got the cartiledge piercing done - and I was in college at the time. Can't complain too much though, they were very cool about the eyebrow ring (I sort of asked their permission - I would have done it anyway, but I didn't want a big fight and my college $ being revoked).
I'm sure they do ... but that day they'd be like, spraying for roaches or something.
At my place here, they don't do, erm, 'private' piercings in full view, because that would be exhibitionism, and they could be fined. They have closed rooms, etc.
Actually, now that I think about it ... I think my friend got hers done at Phoenix Graphics, which is a tatoo place off Nacogdoches somewhere that a very old friend owns(ed?). I have no idea if it's still there...and Claire's was where she took my daughter to get her second set of earrings done.
PM5K,
I was laughing at the idea of me with body piercings.
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