WHAT TO EXPECT
Our stylist will discuss the piercings you want and what jewelry options you have. Together you will map out a plan for your ‘Bespoke Bling’. After consultation, you will be taken to the Piercing Lab zone of AROBELA to meet our professional piercer who will make sure that your desired piercings are going to be right for your individual anatomy. Your chosen jewelry will be sterilized, and your piercing will then take place in a highly hygienic and safe environment.
HEALTH & SAFETY
We require you to complete a Health Declaration and Consent Form before embarking on any piercings with us. We adhere to EU standards and our hygiene standards are very high. For the wellbeing of our clients and team, we have introduced some extra safety precautions.
GLOVES - Our piercer will always wear fresh gloves and a mask
MASK - Our team will always be wearing a face mask and we require you to do the same
TEMPERATURE CHECK - We will take your temperature and ask you to sanitize your hands before entering the store
CLEANLINESS - We use antiviral and anti-bacterial disinfectant to wipe down all surfaces throughout each day
DEEP CLEAN - The store will be thoroughly cleaned every evening.
STERILISATION - All piercing tools, styling and jewelry will be sterilised.
PHYSICAL DISTANCING - We require all clients to sit away from each other and observe at least 1-metre distancing
AGE RESTRICTIONS
If you are under the age of 18 you must be accompanied by your legal guardian. We will need to see valid photographic ID to prove your age. The piercer and the team have a right to refuse service on anyone who they believe is a child without guardian consent.
Children must be aged 8 or over to have an earlobe piercing, and aged 15 or over for cartilage, nostril and eyebrow piercings.
With guardian consent you must be over the age of 16 or above to have bridge, navel, lip or septum piercings.
You must be over the age of 18 for dermal or tongue piercings. And all intimate piercings including nipples, you must be 21 years of age or over.
NEEDLE vs PIERCING GUN
Why using a piercing gun for cartilage is harmful.
Piercing the cartilage such as tragus, daith, or conch, has been recently getting more popular. Shops that pierce the ear lobes with piercing guns now also perform these types of cartilage piercings in the same way. They do this mostly out of lack of knowledge, and wanting to make more money, without thought for the consequences on the customer.
Performing cartilage piercings with a gun is never as effective as using a needle, because using a gun would destroy and shred the surrounding tissue, whereas a needle would create a clean cut. So using a gun would create a variety of problems during the healing process.
The studs with a traditional closure or butterfly, are quite short and can not compensate for any swelling which occurs on fresh cartilage piercings. Jewelry that are specially made for piercing, are longer to make space for swelling. They are then changed to shorter ones after the piercing has fully healed.
Piercing with a gun is not even ideal for regular earlobes, however with proper equipment and hygiene, it can be done. There are some cases where the speed of spring-loaded guns have caused neurological problems, especially with children. Guns that work with pressure might be a better alternative. Overall, when piercing the cartilage go to a professional piercing studio that uses needle techniques and safe equipment.