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Training & Education
01/05/09 12:02
Supply Your Own Jewelry

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As body piercers, why do we insist on supplying jewelry for each piercing, instead of allowing people to bring their own jewelry off the street to be pierced with?

If I have pierced someone before and they bring in the jewelry that I pierced them with, and they want to use that jewelry, I generally will allow that. As long as the jewelry is not scratched or altered.

If I use the jewelry I charge them $5 to re-sterilize the jewelry in a Statum (Flash Sterilizer) before the piercing, and then charge the regular piercing fee less jewelry.

This is the only case where I will allow people to bring in jewelry for their piercing.

WHY NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING JEWELRY IN TO BE PIERCED WITH OFF THE STREET?

1. It is seldom appropriate for the piercing (length, gauge, metal composition, etc).

2. It is generally used by someone else and is scratched and not sterile.

3. A "GOOD" piercer uses special tools, needles, and various shortcuts to make a piercing smooth and comfortable. Therefore the tools and jewelry must be compatible to complete a successful piercing. This is the reason many people have a good piercing experience with a piercer that uses compatible tools and jewelry, while other people have a bad experience with a piercer that struggles with a piercing because he uses incompatible tools, needles and jewelry. The Piercee pays the price ultimately by experiencing a very uncomfortable piercing and one that may not last.

4. Economics - generally it takes the entire piercing fee to pay for the operation of your piercing business, therefore, the profit and income for the piercer is found in the margin between the costs and retail charge for the jewelry.

5. Many people believe the piercer is responsible for the jewelry they insert into a piercing . . . in that case it is highly irresponsible to allow people to bring in jewelry for you to pierce them from the outside. The Piercer may end up paying a very high price in the end if the jewelry was substandard.

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