"Breaking up" with your artist

soulcakeduck

Hi everyone.

I've gone to one piercer for almost all my piercings. I really like him, he's very nice - calming, cheerful, entertaining. It's always a pleasure to get pierced by him.

Unfortunately, about half the piercings he's done for me, I've ended up taking out cos they're just not quite right.

He did a nose piercing for me a few months ago, with a ring, but when it healed, it didn't sit right on my nose, it stuck out the side too much. I went to another shop for a check up, cos everyone says it's the best shop around, and they said he'd pierced it slanty - fine for a stud, not fine for a ring. I mentioned it to him, and he said he'd bend a ring into the right shape for me.

When I asked him about getting an industrial piercing a few weeks ago, he said he'd just pierce two normal cartilage piercings, not bothering to measure them out correctly, and then bend a custom bar for them.

Is this sort of thing normal? It's putting me off going to him a little, cos it seems like he's not making too much of an effort.

The chaps in the other shop I went to seem much more professional about it all. I got my neck pierced there, and the piercer spent a good half hour measuring up the marks. My usual piercer just clips a bcr on without the ball and moves it about til it looks right...

I'm not sure how to go about taking my piercing business to another shop, especially as I still want to get tattooed in my usual place... Anyone have any tips?

Will

You are a customer at the end of the day, you don't have to feel guilty going somewhere else for piercing.

Fantasy_Suicide

Oh my god. I could swear this guy is the same guy who used to pierce me....

Captain Ginger

Sounds very familier to someone I know as well

Fantasy_Suicide

Posibly one and the same?

Captain Ginger

Fantasy_Suicide wrote: »

Posibly one and the same?

I wouldn't be surprised, it's a small world.

porn_star

what's the big deal, he's not gonna be the one tattooing you. move on and go to someone else and stop thinking about it. or so seems the solution to me.

!!!

Heh - also sounds familer. You from Cork?

Yeah, the best method I suggest is to just stop visiting him for piercings.

;)

Star Lord

As said above, just stop going to the guy if you're unhappy with his work.
You have the right to go wherever you want, and sounds like you'd be much more comfortable going to the piercer that did your neck for you!

sillyGoldie

Can we (the royal kind;)) ask who it is?
In regards to custom industrials, arent they normally just two random bits of cartilage pierced and then joined with a curved/wavey/bent bar?
But in regards to moving your business. they cannot refuse you tattoo's just because you get pierced somewhere else. You may not be one of their most favourite-est customers for it but they should still look after you as well as anyone else. just don't be rude about not being pierced by him thats all. and I wouldn't bring up te fact your getting pierced by someone else.

Fantasy_Suicide

sillyGoldie wrote: »

Can we (the royal kind;)) ask who it is?
In regards to custom industrials, arent they normally just two random bits of cartilage pierced and then joined with a curved/wavey/bent bar?
But in regards to moving your business. they cannot refuse you tattoo's just because you get pierced somewhere else. You may not be one of their most favourite-est customers for it but they should still look after you as well as anyone else. just don't be rude about not being pierced by him thats all. and I wouldn't bring up te fact your getting pierced by someone else.

Exactly. Can you PM me who this guy is?