Looking for recommendations either in Tokyo or the Kanto/Kansai region.
I like piercings and have been living in Japan for five years. Usually they’re not a problem; I take them out for swimming and have invisible jewelry for meetings, etc. My coworkers think they’re cool.
However, I have sensitive skin that’s prone to rejection. Despite that, I make it work by communicating with my local piercing studio, and to get titanium jewelry, not silver, and hoops, not studs.
I’ve been going to Extreme Piercing for over four years and each time I’ve gone there’s been some kind of communication fail that costs me time and money.
They’ve given me silver jewelry when I asked for titanium, and came clean about it only when I went back because the piercing was infected. Some titanium jewelry wasn’t in stock; I ordered some and though they said they’d call when it came in, they forgot to put the order in after a month, and then forgot to call me when it arrived. I got a piercing in the US and after it healed, I asked them to shorten the bar. They did, but they shortened it too much so it caused bleeding. Honest mistake, but then they told me they mismeasured because I got pierced in the US and not at their studio.
Can’t tell if it’s a problem of not being able to go off script or just *ki ga awanai* but either way, I’m looking for piercing studio recommendations either in Tokyo or in the Kanto/Kansai area. I don’t mind traveling for a good studio.