Ear piercing recs

[kwanalicious]

A friend and I are thinking of getting our ears pierced when we're back in KC for Thanksgiving...We're talking really basic, first-time ear piercing. I've heard that it's better to avoid places like Claire's and actually go to a legit piercing place instead. Does anyone have any recommendations for a clean, reliable (and hopefully relatively

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[xopiateslavex]

Personally, I ADORE Freaks on Broadway in Westport. It's just a teeny drive, as I'm sure you know. I hear Skin Illustrations is all right, as well.

Here's a list of shops in and near OP:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=overland+park+kansas+tattoo+&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CvLdcElGBTJuFNJmMhQSt8di5AQAAAKoEBU_QTb2v&pbx=1&fp=6e04aebd6c2687c6

Hope that helps!

[nursebadass]

+1 for Freaks. Any Freaks. They're all awesome.

[xopiateslavex]

Yes. Clean, courteous, artistic, quick, good pricing. Can't ask for better than that. :)

[yonaelka]

Thirding that recommendation. I've got a good rapport with the guys at 39th Street.

[wolf_j]

Freaks on Broadway and Skin Illustrations are both good suggestions. The last I checked it was in the $30-50 range, but as someone whose ears were done by the gun: seriously, go to the professionals.

The tattoo studio is cleaner, the piercing will heal faster and cleaner, and (something that a lot of people don't even think about) the piercings will all point the same direction. You know how some people's earrings just won't stay in, or are always facing the wrong way? That's because they were poked by some idiot with a gun.

If the tattoo studio is too strange/expensive for you, still DON'T go to the mall. Go to a respectable jewelry store with an actual store front. You've got a much better chance of dealing with someone who actually cares what your piercings look like.

[kwanalicious]

Thanks for the advice.