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| - Let me start by saying this is not just a review to slam Piecer Dan, written by some angry jerk. It has taken me a long time to decide to actually say something, but after getting a piercing from my place back home again I feel like I can't be quite anymore. I take responsibility for going against my instinct and going through with the piercing, but I also believe that that is beside the point.
I got a snug piercing by Dan almost a year ago, which I can honestly say is the worst piercing experience of my life. I came into the back room at the shop where he works expecting for everything to be similar to how it was when I went to my parlour. Needless to say, it was not. There was no conversation regarding placement, there was no conversation regarding the jewelry that I wanted, and there was no conversation about healing time. Dan also brought his apprentice back to look at my ear while they were deciding where to place it, but he did not ask my permission to bring someone else in and did not introduce me when he did, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
After my piercing was complete, I was told that the jewelry was larger to account for swelling, which I have never had before and have never had a problem. It was also not until I asked about after care that he told me his opinion. After care information was conveyed to me in what felt like an aggressive, condescending lecture. I also asked about stretching my ear lobes, to find out that he uses a scalpel on every client. I have been getting piercings for 10 years, I have nine of them, and I have NEVER heard of using a scalpel to pierce anyone that does not have scar tissue.
I left the parlour that day feeling horrible about my decision, but I figured "well, at least I have the piercing I wanted..."
Fast forward a month of pain, swelling, and my jewelry constantly coming lose: I was sitting as my desk one day, and my snug literally fell out. I have never had that happen in all the years and piercings I have gotten, so I didn't know what to do. I washed the barbell and tried to put it back in, but it was so swollen I couldn't get it through. It was at that point I gave up and decided to go back to my place the next time I was in California.
Well, I did go back to my place. I now have a faux snug (a conch-helix because my ear cannot support a snug), that I chose the jewelry for, the jewelry is the correct size, and I have had minimal swelling. The staff at pierced out spoke to me with respect, treated me kindly, asked my permission before doing anything, and narrated the process to me. I am creating this review is because the experience I had with Dan and the experience I had at Pierced Out in San Jose, CA were so vastly different that it made me angry.
One thing I will say for Dan is that he does use very high quality jewelry, and his instruments are very clean. Unfortunately that is where my praise stops.
I would not recommend going to him for piercings, and I hope this review causes him to reevaluate some of his practices when dealing with customers.
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