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| - Being a high school student, I was definitely familiar with the name "Blue Lotus." I live on the West side of Madison, and Blue Lotus is the place that all of the students at a my school go for tattoos and piercings. After hearing great things from fellow students, I decided to drop in to get my ears pierced.
I had had my ears pierced previously, but they closed up because I never wore earrings. It was too much of a hassle to bring my mommy in with me to get a simple piercing, so I waited until I was 18 to get the piercing done. I went in on my birthday and upon seeing my ID, the guy at the counter wished me "happy birthday." I know that's not a big deal, but it definitely created a good vibe and little things like that in a skeptical situation can make a big difference.
There were people still waiting to get their piercings done, so I had to wait a bit before I was shown the jewelry. After I picked my earrings out, I had to wait even longer to be escorted into a room. I'd say overall, the wait time was probably about an hour. I don't think that's Blue Lotus's fault, though. It was busy, and people had appointments, and I did not.
Eventually I was taken back into a room by Myke. He was very kind and thorough in explaining to me what was going to be done and making sure that I knew how clean the whole process was. He washed his hands and changed his gloves numerous times and even though I'm a bit crazy about germs, I felt completely comfortable.
I turned out that my hole hadn't completely closed up, and Myke was able to just insert something through my ear the opened the hole back up. There was a bit of pain, but nothing bad by any means. I'm very afraid of needles, so I began to get dizzy when the first ear was done. He kept asking me if I was okay throughout the entire process, and when I told him I was dizzy, he was extremely understanding and finished the other ear with my lying down. After the piercings were done, he had me check in the mirror and explained to me the steps to take in the weeks to come.
I didn't get a tattoo or a major piercing, but I can testify that the Blue Lotus staff, especially Myke, is professional, kind, and extremely careful about cleanliness and sanitation. I would recommend Blue Lotus to anyone!
Ear piercings at Blue Lotus cost $15, but mine was only $5 because it was just reopening a previous piercing. My earrings were Neometal with CZ and set me back $60. It seemed a bit pricey, but I really can't judge because I haven't compared the price to other places around Madison.
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