This was originally published on my Patreon. It replaces my original blog from this site:  "An Open Letter to Would-Be Piercing Apprentices" which is both a bad title and woefully out of date. I am sharing this updated version free of charge on my old site as a resource. For lots more piercing thought and education, join me at www.Patreon.com/piercingnerd  ---------------------- There’s an awful lot I’d like you to know about apprenticeships before you pursue getting one. More than would fit in a blog entry, if I’m being honest. Body piercing is an amazing career, and by becoming in ..read more

The archive of Confessions of a Piercing Nerd, including the Apprenticeship Blog and the Nostril Piercing entries are all now on Patreon. Please consider joining to support my existing work and help me continue to make new entries!   www.Patreon.com/piercingnerd ..read more

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When my wife Laura and I started brainstorming our new shop, we decided we wanted a really different kind of aftercare sheet.  I was really inspired by Infinite Body Piercing's beautifully designed aftercare sheets, but I felt like I had different information that I wanted to get across. Inspiration hit me one day: one of my favorite things about getting a new piece of electronics is pouring through the instruction manual, looking at all the cool features I just invested in.  Where was that for Gamma Piercing's clients? They are spending good money on the most beautiful body  ..read more

Just last month my wife and I opened the doors on our new shop, Gamma Piercing, in Ann Arbor Michigan.  It has been a wonderful experience. I can’t say enough about the people of Ann Arbor.  Our clients have been truly wonderful, and every day we feel lucky to offer piercing services in Laura’s hometown. In this blog, I’m writing primarily to people in the industry.  Apprentices, piercers, tattoo artists, business owners, etc.  Very rarely in the course of this blog do I try to speak to my clients directly. One of the things I’ve been looking forward to is writing ..read more

The tragus was the very first piercing I ever watched.  I know I’m dating myself a bit here... but imagine this.  It’s Halloween day, 1996.  I am a college freshman and I’m attending the University of Connecticut.  My girlfriend at the time decides that she wants to get her tragus pierced, and since it’s her 18th birthday, we decide that getting the piercing done will be her birthday present.  She was attending Providence College, so I drove from Connecticut, picked her up, and we went to the skate shop/piercing shop across town from her dorm to get the piercing done ..read more

My apologies for the very low amount of posts this year.  I was elected as President of the Association of Professional Piercers and that has consumed a tremendous amount of time.  I've also had the distinct pleasure to work at some of the best shops around the US including Modern Ritual, Cold Steel, 23rd Street Body Piercing, The Exotic Body, Vaughn Body Arts, Icon Tattoo, Saint Sabrina's and my original home, Rockstar Body Piercing.  I also got to visit Elemental Body Adornments and Westcoast Piercing and Ink in Canada!  Suffice it to say, it's been a very busy year. I w ..read more

Recently, the internet has been all abuzz with a new idea.  That idea being that daith piercings can somehow cure migraines.   I happen to LOVE daith piercings.  I write about them maybe way more than I should.  Like here.  And here. And, well now here. I consider myself two degrees of separation from the creator of the piercing: Erik Dakota invented the piercing and apprenticed Ken Coyote. Ken Coyote, in turn, taught me how to pierce daiths.  I think they look amazing.  I have had my daith pierced several times. And I’m not the kind of piercer who says th ..read more

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