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Being a corporate monkey for the past two years is beginning to stunt my sense of individuality, and I've found myself considering getting another piercing to hide under all of this Business Casual. If I were back in my hometown, I'd hit up the neighborhood joint where all the girls got their bellybuttons done and call it a day, but the variety of options in New York is daunting, and not really something I can ask for reccomendations for on the office message board. I would, obviously, like to avoid disease or infection. Any suggestions for someplace safe?
- Cubicle #217
Do you have any suggestions on clean and reputable places to get body piercings? I've decided to pierce my nose and would rather not get some sort of infection while I'm at it. Or is there a good web directory of places in Manhattan or the Williamsburg area?
- Rachel
Ask Gothamist is scared of needles, and therefore remains body piercing-free - so we can't recommend a place based on personal experience. Yes, there are tons of places to get pierced in New York City - it seems like you can't walk five blocks in the East Village or Williamsburg without finding a piercing place - and you can find a list of piercing places by looking in the yellow pages or googling. Although we won't be taking the piercing plunge ourselves, we can offer the following tips:
- Look for a place that's been around for a while - ask them how long they've been in business, and ask how experienced the person is who will be doing the piercing. Ask if they have any references from satisfied customers.
- Visit the piercing parlor in person. Are they clean? Are they willing to answer all your questions? Ask them about how they sterilize their equipment.
- According to this article on body piercing, you should make sure your immunizations – particularly hepatitis and tetanus – are up to date.
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Persons who are considering tattooing or body piercing should be informed of potential risks of acquiring infection with bloodborne and other pathogens through these procedures. These procedures might be a source of infection if equipment is not sterile or if the artist or piercer does not follow other proper infection-control procedures (e.g., washing hands, using latex gloves, and cleaning and disinfecting surfaces)."
- Ask what type of metal will be used and what you will need to do to keep the piercing clean while it heals.
- Be on the lookout for signs of infection (redness, irritation, swelling) and see a doctor if you think your new piercing is getting infected.
Have fun, be safe, and enjoy your new piercings.
Need advice? Ask Gothamist! E-mail ask(at)gothamist(dot)com.
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>>>Being a corporate monkey for the past two years is beginning to stunt my sense of individuality, and I've found myself considering getting another piercing to hide under all of this Business Casual
Heh, if everyone gets pierced, tattooed and carved, it's hardly individual anymore. It's just following.
www.forgotten-ny.com
Hmmm ... seems the person who originally asked the question could have just as easily done the google search that Ask Gothamist did, I think. How 'bout some kind of useful answer if you're going to bother posting the question?
Go to Cassiopeia on 8th Street in the Village (between 6th and University). I had my tongue and my belly button done there (although I only have the tongue now). They have been around for years and are great. I recommend getting your tongue done if you can get away with it. It's really easy to hide and when people do notice it when I'm in full professional mode, the shock value is priceless.
Maybe you should get a lower back tattoo to match your new piercing.
i highly recommend NY Adorned on 2nd ave. i've gotten a number of intimate piercings there and they have always been very professional, knowledgable and respectful of ones choice...not to mention clean and tremendously patient.
another corporate loser wanting to be funky. yawn. you should not only get your tattoo done in your hometown, you should stay there. take your blue button shirt and chino wearing friends with you.
"Heh, if everyone gets pierced, tattooed and carved, it's hardly individual anymore. It's just following."
Kevin, close your eyes and picture nursing homes 50 years from now. Lots of sagging tribal tatoos and a lot of old ladys who'll want their relatives to clean out their belly button rings.
"Nurse! Nurse! The IV is snagged on my ring!!!"
I agree; Gothamist shouldn't be commenting if they don't know. But maybe they were trusting their readers to post useful advice. In any case, piercing and tatooing is no longer truly indivudal in itself as so many today do it, but if it's something you personally would like to do for yourself then let the blood flow. Beware of nipple piercings - dated a girl who had it done (albeit backstage by the Genitorturers - a S&M goth metal band from around '90) but it never healed. Looked beautiful, but infection ain't too sexy in my book.
Good point Jack...my father had tattoos and by the time he was my age (40s), he regretted 'em big time.
Like Pic Patrol..doesn't get the attention that other photoblogs do.
www.forgotten-ny.com
I can second Cassiopia, they're pretty good.
the new thing is DIY tattoos!!! get some india ink and a needle w/ thread. Than you won't have to worry that you are not expressing your individuality!!!!!! Don't forget to boil the needle or burn it first!!!
"Gothamist shouldn't be commenting if they don't know." - It was a multi-part question, they also asked about tips to avoid infection, which was answered; and they answered HOW to find a good piercing place rather than just listing one.
True; most idiots (especially those that submit questions to Gothamist) don't know how to do a Google search.
Dr. Phil? Eh? Um, yeah, nice one.
Regarding DIY, I remember a kid who had made his own tatoo gun from a walkman and guitar strings. Piercing-wise, that ex-girlfriend I mention tried to pierce her navel herself. Easier said than done.
Go to Venus Modern Body Arts (4th btw. A+B) or NY Adorned (2nd Ave. btw 2nd+3rd). These are the very best in the city. End of story
the real followers are people who wear pants.
in all seriousness, i had friends who got the living shit beaten out of them in the early 90s for doing what's de rigur today. most of them are happy, if somewhat bewildered and amused, that it's become such a non-issue that people can do what they like to their bodies without incurring bullshit.
you don't always want to find someone to stick huge needles in you from a google search. i second the recommendation for new york adorned. they are fabulous, friendly, professional, and very very clean.
I also suggest Venus (4th st between A&B). Ask for Montana.
I don't how they are for piercings but NY Adorned is a great place for tattoos. I assume that their level of professionalism extends to piercing as well. They also have great body jewelry.
hey, guess what, we have a comment policy.
could you please keep the comments on topic? maybe some helpful advice as to where to go? several of the people above have done so.
thanks.
Thanks, Tien. That ugly troll deserves to be quashed.
Back to the topic, I'm sure most are familiar with this book, but for the uninitiated I highly recommend Re/Search's "Modern Primitives". This was published right at the time when body art was piercing into the mainstream. I'm a big fan of Throbbing Gristle, and Genesis P-Orridge took piercing to a whole new level (subsequently during his PTV days).
I recommend searching for piercers affiliated with the Association of Professional Piercers (APA). You can search at http://www.safepiercing.org.
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I got an INFECTION at Cassiopeia.
The place is dirty and the staff is rude and rushed. they also gave me the wrong sized bar which can damage your skin
If you care at all about your body please make a note:
Cassiopeia on w.8th Street in the Village (between 6th and University).
DO NOT GO THERE.
There are many other places close by.
I got an INFECTION at Cassiopeia.
The place is dirty and the staff is rude and rushed. they also gave me the wrong sized bar which can damage your skin
If you care at all about your body please make a note:
Cassiopeia on w.8th Street in the Village (between 6th and University).
DO NOT GO THERE.
There are many other places close by.