Best place for teen to get ears pierced on MoCo

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Studs in Georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda tattoo says no swimming for 3 months after a piercing so we are waiting, it's hard to find 3 months for a swimmer.

Do other places recommend the same? It seems long.

I think 3 mos is forever for a swimmer. Look up the basis for the rec, and use your judgment as to whether you are willing to take the risk. Well- chlorinated pools are different than natural bodies of water, for example.

We.had a great experience at Bethesda Tattoo, but had to time.piercing between winter and spring soccer leagues.

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Not in Montgomery county but the best place I found is Craig Pokes You in Arlington. Completely worth the drive over there.

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Anonymous wrote:Not in Montgomery county but the best place I found is Craig Pokes You in Arlington. Completely worth the drive over there.

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Anonymous wrote:Not in Montgomery county but the best place I found is Craig Pokes You in Arlington. Completely worth the drive over there.

Just an FYI about Craig’s and perhaps other piercing/tattoo places— they did not use a numbing cream and my kid nearly passed out. It was her second piercing. The first piercing was done with numbing cream at the pediatrician with a piercing gun. So just check into that if you go to a piercing/tattoo place. I didn’t even think to ask ahead of time. Also 3 months no swimming per their instructions.

She claims she’ll never get another piercing after her experience. So that’s at least a good outcome🤣

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda tattoo says no swimming for 3 months after a piercing so we are waiting, it's hard to find 3 months for a swimmer.

Do other places recommend the same? It seems long.

I think 3 mos is forever for a swimmer. Look up the basis for the rec, and use your judgment as to whether you are willing to take the risk. Well- chlorinated pools are different than natural bodies of water, for example.

We.had a great experience at Bethesda Tattoo, but had to time.piercing between winter and spring soccer leagues.

A Google search suggests 2-3 weeks, which is doable, wasn't sure if 3 months is the newest rec for everywhere. It seems very conservative. My swimmer would never be able to get piercings until she quit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not in Montgomery county but the best place I found is Craig Pokes You in Arlington. Completely worth the drive over there.

Just an FYI about Craig’s and perhaps other piercing/tattoo places— they did not use a numbing cream and my kid nearly passed out. It was her second piercing. The first piercing was done with numbing cream at the pediatrician with a piercing gun. So just check into that if you go to a piercing/tattoo place. I didn’t even think to ask ahead of time. Also 3 months no swimming per their instructions.

She claims she’ll never get another piercing after her experience. So that’s at least a good outcome🤣

We went to Bethesda Tattoo and they did use numbing cream.

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My daughter got her ears pierced at Craig Pokes You for her 16th birthday. She said it was painless and she hasn’t had any problems with her ears. I recommend them.

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Good experience with Rachel at Tattoo Paradise in Rockville for my daughter. Included a post piercing check a few weeks later.

I think she didn’t swim for a couple of weeks, it definitely wasn’t months.

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Anonymous wrote:Good experience with Rachel at Tattoo Paradise in Rockville for my daughter. Included a post piercing check a few weeks later.

I think she didn’t swim for a couple of weeks, it definitely wasn’t months.

+1

She recommended a long time, so my daughter did it after a beach vacation but only out of pool a few weeks.

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We’ve had good experiences at Fattys Tattoo in Silver Spring. DD has been back for multiple piercings and I ended up following suit to pierce my ears as well. We are both extremely allergic and had to get the extra-hypoallergenic starter earrings, so it was expensive. Studs in Georgetown is less than 1/2 the price, but the “hypoallergenic” section on their website wasn’t very hypoallergenic, so I didn’t trust them in our situation.