FAQs

Walk-ins are welcome. However, our scheduled appointments will always be seen first ahead of walk-ins, and walk-ins may be accepted depending on our availability.

As a walk-in, we may be able to fit you in right away, later in the day, or not at all. For this reason, we highly recommend scheduling an appointment if you want to ensure being seen on a specific day.

Ain’t no party like a TPTB piercing party! Group appointments have arrived and are now bookable through the booking link on our website! In order to ensure that we have enough time to provide everyone in your party with the TPTB service you deserve, please make sure to carefully read through all the questions and note what services everyone in your party would like. If one person in your party wants something not listed as an option please call us for assistance. Please note, we are a small business and helping clients is how we all make a living. To ensure that our staff gets paid for their time, in the event of a no call no show the person who booked the appointment will be charged the service fees for all services booked. See our “no show fees” tab for further details.

TPTB is a small business, and our time, just like yours, is very precious. Helping clients is how we and our staff make a living. So when you book an appointment and reserve time on the schedule where we aren’t able to help others, as we are anticipating your arrival, and then you don’t show, it does have a big impact. We understand that life happens and while we try to be as flexible to that as we can, we still have to make sure that our employees are being paid fairly for their time that was reserved for you. In such case, if you no show your appointment, you will be charged the full service fees for each service booked.

This is also outlined in the booking system, so by booking an appointment you are agreeing to this policy, and we thank you for understanding.

While our booking system does have you enter in your card information and lists a service fee price, you are not actually charged that upon booking. The card information is only used if a no-call, no-show happens, in which case you would be charged the service fee cost of the appointment that was scheduled. No deposit is taken when booking an appointment.

“What’s all this talk about downsizing?!”

When we pierce you, we give you a longer bar to accommodate for natural swelling. Once that swelling has subsided (usually in about 6-8 weeks), we recommend that you come back so we can downsize those long posts!

Downsizing means installing a shorter post that fits once the extra room for swelling is no longer needed. For this, you would be purchasing new posts which are typically $15-$20 each depending on the type of post + tax. So yes, there is a cost to downsize, because you are purchasing new parts of the jewelry.

You keep those longer posts; they’re good to have on hand in case down the line any irritation pops up, then you have them to switch into to give your piercing some breathing room until that irritation subsides. Also, you can use them for other piercings in the future! (See our “can I bring my own jewelry” section for more info on this!)

Yes, we do! Minors can get certain piercings depending on age, and proper documentation is required.

What Piercings Can Minors Get?

• 9 to 12: Earlobes.

• 13 and up: Earlobes, helix, conch, nostril, or septum.

• 16 and up: Everything listed above, plus daith, tragus, rook, forward helix, industrial, eyebrow, navel, tongue, or lip (includes lip, labret, vertical labret, philtrum, or beauty mark).

What Documentation is Required?

• The parent or legal guardian’s state-issued ID or passport

• One of the following for the minor:

  • State-issued ID (passport, driver’s license, learner’s permit, state-issued ID card) showing minor’s full name and birth date

  • OR: Birth certificate AND a photo ID (such as school ID) with minor’s full name and photo

• If the legal guardian and minor do not share the same last name, we need official proof of guardianship such as court documents, marriage certificate or name change documents

• Parent or legal guardian must be present during the entire appointment

What About Sports or Swimming?

Some sports do not allow jewelry to be worn during practice and/or games. Please check with your child’s coaches about their policies first! We recommend that the initial piercing jewelry be worn for at least 3-4 months before a retainer can be used. Sometimes, it’s best to wait until the season is over before getting a new piercing.

We recommend waiting at least 2-3 months to go swimming after getting a piercing.

Jewelry must have been purchased from us, or be one of the brands that we stock, in order to be re-used in future piercings. Jewelry must also be the appropriate gauge and size for the new piercing you’re hoping to get. This will need to be determined by your piercer.

Please be aware that there is a chance the jewelry you have from a prior piercing may not be appropriate for a new piercing, especially if it is a different piercing (earlobe versus helix, etc.).

There is a $15 reprocessing fee for re-using jewelry, which covers the cost of sterilization and supplies.

You must arrange to drop off jewelry at least 24 hours ahead of time, in order to give us time to reprocess it before the start of your appointment. Please contact us to arrange jewelry drop off ahead of time.

Please check out our pricing page for a run-down on piercing fees and a range for jewelry costs.

Our jewelry selection has a wide range in pricing depending on material, style and size.

For example, a stainless steel seam ring is $20 regardless of size, whereas a seam ring in gold will start at about $70 and will fluctuate depending on gauge and diameter.

Titanium studs start at $35 each.

Gold studs start at $80 each.

We have jewelry that does go up into the hundreds, with a few even encroaching the thousand dollar mark.

We take pride in having something for everyone and every budget.

We also stand behind all of our manufacturers and only work with those who offer lifetime manufacturer’s guarantees against manufacturing defects. This means if something happens to your jewelry such as a post breaking or a stone falling out, bring it back and the companies we carry will repair those defects.

However, what is not covered is lost jewelry. We do our very best to put jewelry on as securely and safely as possible, but sometimes things happen and jewelry can fall out and get lost. In these cases we can not cover the cost of lost jewelry.

Included in the cost of our jewelry is a lifetime manufacturer’s guarantee against manufacturer’s defects!

This means if something happens to your jewelry such as a post breaking or a stone falling out, bring it back and the companies we carry will repair those defects.

However, what is not covered is lost jewelry. We do our very best to put jewelry on as securely and safely as possible, but sometimes things happen and jewelry can fall out and get lost. In these cases we can not cover the cost of lost jewelry.

While we don’t carry plastic jewelry as it is not body-safe, we offer glass retainers, which work well for medical procedures as well as keeping your piercing open for situations where we have to pretend they don’t exist!

Glass retainers are meant for short-term wear and typically cost anywhere from $12.50+ depending on the style needed.

We are happy to assist with installing these, and reinstalling your jewelry when you can wear it once again.

While our core classics selection is constant, our specialty selection is ever changing. The best way to view our new in styles is by following us on Instagram at @thepowersthatbepiercing

If there’s a specific piece you’re looking for and want to make sure we have in stock, feel free to either send us a DM, call us or send us an email at piercer@thepowersthatbe.me for sizing, styling, pricing and shipping info.

Yes we do! Now you can give the gift of personal adornment to someone you love, even if that someone is yourself. ;)

Gift certificates can be purchased in any denomination and are a physical card along with a branded TPTB card.

No need to make an appointment to buy one of these babies, just come on in! We can also sell you one virtually and mail them out to you (with an added shipping cost). To do so just email us at piercer@thepowersthatbe.me

Due to the intimate nature of body jewelry, all sales are final and we do not accept returns or exchanges.

To ensure proper fit, we strongly encourage having us install jewelry you purchase.

If you’re buying for someone else, we strongly encourage purchasing a gift card instead so that they can come in and be custom fitted for whatever jewelry that they would like. If you insist on purchasing jewelry to-go, you’re doing so knowing and agreeing to our no returns or exchanges policy.

Body jewelry is not one size fits all, and there’s no such thing as a “normal size”—kinda like jeans.

We need to know the gauge (thickness) and length of the jewelry. Since we have a no returns or exchanges policy, we strongly encourage either bringing the person in to be properly sized for jewelry or purchasing a gift certificate for them to come in on their own to be properly sized.