Providing a safe, sterile environment is extremely important to us. Single-use needles are used, and you should never, ever allow someone to pierce you or anyone you know with a Stud (Piercing) Gun. The absolute only way you may certify the safety (sterility) of something that has been in contact with blood or other bodily fluids is to use an autoclave. Stud Guns, as most of you probably remember, are plastic and therefore may not be run through an autoclave, even if their operators had access to such equipment, which they do not. Hepatitis, we now know, is able to live on a surface for months at a time. HIV has been shown to be able to live on a surface for several hours. How many piercings do you think the mall clerk might do in just one day? And we have not even begun to mention the tissue damage the gun does, or the absolutely poor quality and sizing of most ear studs. Moral of the story? No Stud Guns. Ever.

Our sterilization records are thorough and extensive. Each piece of jewelry, needle, or tool that we use has been individually packaged with an indicator strip, which turns black when sterilization is successful. Each group of tools or jewelry that is sterilized has a Batch Number that is logged on the indicator strips, the packaging, and on an individually packaged Steam Integrator. Not only is this to ensure the absolute safety of our studio, its clients, and employees, but so that we may prove this when necessary. For instance, as the need for blood and plasma donation increases, many facilities are now allowing persons who have been pierced or tattooed in the previous year to donate, as long as they have sufficient proof of sterile practice. All we have to do is pull your release form from our files, and attached will be all the indicator strips from the needle(s), tools, and jewelry used in the procedure.

All surfaces including the exam table you find yourself on and the mayo stand where our equipment is set up, are cleaned with a bacteriocidal, virucidal , fungicidal, and tuberculocidal cleanser between every client. Additionally, we take special care to have the highest standards in aseptic technique. This means that we are very focused on absolutely never cross-contaminating.