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Anonymous
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My incoming freshman would like a second ear piercing. After two years of begging, we have decided we are ok with it. I started looking at places (are there even anymore mall piercing pagodas?) and they are all so fancy. They charge for each ear separtely, plus the studs (separately). The first place, with the cheapest earring comes to about $400. The other place I checked is around the same. I checked two places called Brilliance Piercing and Belleza Piercing: https://shopbrilliancepiercing.com/pages/faqs and https://www.bellezalase.com/
I welcome any suggestions. Am I looking at the wrong places or is this the new cost? Thank you! |
Anonymous
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Claire's is $40. I had my dd's done at the pediatrician for $40 (or was it $30?). There's also some kids salons that do it too.
I have had my second earring holes done at a place that was about $350, but it was a whole salon experience with champagne even. And the studs were diamonds (tiny obviously) |
Anonymous
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A lot of places will only use items purchased from them since they can guarantee they are sterile and of safe metal content.
You can probably find cheaper. But this is something I wouldn’t finance personally. I’d tell her you will give consent, but she needs to save for the procedure/earring cost herself. But the time she has enough money maybe she won’t even want to do it anymore |
Anonymous
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Yep, paid like $250 in Fairfax fir my teen DD.
It was $50 for each pierce (2 ears = $100). Then each stud was like $65 each. Then we paid for the bottle of ear hole cleaner. Can't remember the exact amount, but just remembered it totaled way than I thought. But it was a professional, clean, hygienic, easy, reputable, etc and I liked that for peace of mind. |
Anonymous
| I went to Claire's: one ear lobe piercing is not straight, and it's a struggle to put earrings in that lobe. Anecdotal, but I've wondered whether going elsewhere might have resulted in a better piercing job. |
Anonymous
| Go to a tattoo/piercing place. They will be much better than something at the mall. |
Anonymous
| Craig Pokes U in arlington is the gold standard - should cost under $200 depending on the earrings that you buy. |
Anonymous
| Your teen needs to save up for at least half of that. |
Anonymous
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OP - is it just that your daughter wants really expensive earrings? The piercings themselves at Brilliance are $105 for both ears and you can get a set of titanium studs for $60.
https://www.brilliancepiercing.com/pricing |
Anonymous
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went to a tattoo place near me - 45 bucks for double second piercing
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Anonymous
This is where I took my teen and I highly recommend them. I paid about $250 including tip, but they definitely had less expensive earrings than the ones DD chose. |
Anonymous
| My DD wants a second ear set + septum. How much would we expect to pay? |
Anonymous
| I think there’s still a Piercing Pagoda at Montgomery Mall. |
Anonymous
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Yes there are still piercing pagodas and claire’s. I’d personally never get my ears pierced with a piercing gun by a minimally trained mall employee (or a pediatrician), but it’s an option and much cheaper.
You can also go to any piercing/tattoo parlor with great reviews. It won’t be close to $400, that’s just outrageous. The kinds of bougie places you’re looking at like Brilliance pray on your fear of scary heavily tattooed people to charge you an arm and a leg. |
Anonymous
Why are you lumping pediatricians in with minimally trainer mall employees? That’s ridiculous. |