What is the difference between you and the chain stores with nurses who pierce?

Rachel Smith, RN has over a decade of piercing experience and provides her clients with a highly personalized service. The success of your piercing is directly correlated to the skill and experience of the piercer. So although someone may have medical knowledge, they often lack the proper training and expertise of a professional piercer. Piercing at its highest level is a craft that requires extensive training and lots of hands on experience. When you go to a chain store, you are essentially consenting to allow someone to "practice on you" since there is no way to know how experienced your piercer is. Piercing chains usually have short crash courses for staff which can often result in substandard service.

Alternatively, an experienced practitioner understands the use of the safest metals, correct size of jewelry for each piercing based on each person's unique anatomy, balanced placement and piercing angle.

Additionally, here are some things to expect at Clinical Ear Piercing.

• Clinical Ear Piercing is a "disposable studio" which means that anything that comes into direct contact with the client is disposed of. All clamps, pens, and tools are one-time use for the safety of both the piercer and client.

• Piercing studs are made of the most skin friendly metals: implant grade titanium and 14k/18k gold.

• Strict adherence to infection control protocols.

• A Registered Nurse understands wound care, the process of healing, and is able to accurately assess skin that has scarring from previous piercings and/or infections.

• Direct availability at all times for your additional questions and/or concerns.

• I guarantee your appointment will feel like the very special occasion it is!