I went in yesterday for a nose piercing. I got there and had to wait about 15 minutes for the piercer to get in. The owner is the one who does piercings. He had me sit in the chair while he got all of... Read More
I went in yesterday for a nose piercing. I got there and had to wait about 15 minutes for the piercer to get in. The owner is the one who does piercings. He had me sit in the chair while he got all of the tools ready. While he was doing that, he didn't bother acknowledging me or even introducing himself. He spent the entire time bitching at his other tattoo artist and putting him down for him choosing to have a second job. If I was that artist, I'd have walked right out and found work elsewhere. An owner has no business ignoring a customer or yelling at an artist in front of the customer. If this had been one of my first piercings I would have been incredibly anxious rather than calm by any means. Very rude and unprofessional. As this goes, the owner finally stops and acknowledges me. He explains that he has to use an extra large needle. He also explained that he couldn't find the right tool to insert into my nose so that the needle didn't push even more through. He was such a mess with it that I felt like he had no idea what he was doing. I've had my nose done twice before so figured I could get through it though. Wish I had trusted my instinct and left right away! He pierced my nose and blood went everywhere, definitely hit a vein. I bled a little with prior piercings, but nothing like that! On top of this, he couldn't get the nose ring in so we were going to have to start over. I took a few to make sure the bleeding had stopped and to decide if I wanted to try again. I sat back down to try, then realized my nose had also gone numb. I asked him if this was bad, and he said there were no nerves in the nose. Well, there is and obviously one had been hit. After him continuing to put me down and treat me poorly I chose to leave. My nose is still numb though, and it's been 30 hours.In the end, I went somewhere else, who had me in and out in 15 minutes, provided bottled water while waiting, didn't make me bleed excessively, used a normal sized needle, was clean friendly and professional, and it turned out wonderfully!They may do decent tattoos, but I wouldn't help support this guy and his shop. Very poor customer service. I recently got a full side piece tattoo at a shop with similar pricing and got great service. Read Less