Body Jewel — Attraction in Columbus

My husband just happened to notice this little shop in the mall, and knew I wanted a piercing. There was a 25 minute wait (seemed like a popular place) so I filled out paperwork and looked at jewelry. Each piercing comes with standard titanium jewelry but you can pay extra for some pretty stuff made of 14k gold.

Be aware that whatever you choose needs to stay in there for 4-6 months (time varies depending on piercing) so pick something that you can tolerate during that time. If you would be unhappy with the plain titanium for the next 4-6 months then do get the upgrade to something you'll like.

PRICING: the prices cannot be beat!! A cartilage piercing (like tragus) is only $45 and that includes both the titanium jewelry AND the piercing service!! AND they have buy one get one 1/2 off!! So then you get a second piercing and service for half price! I kinda wish I had gotten 2, since it would only be $67.50 plus tip. So if you don't get the spray and just get the piercing with the standard jewelry then it's honestly just $45 plus tip (please tip something!) for something like cartilage. A small can of spray is only $8.95. Pricing varies for other types of piercings but they were all fairly low and didn't notice anything priced really high. From what I've seen elsewhere you usually get charged to get pierced and also for the jewelry separately. So it gets pricey.

I am a big baby and don't much like needles or getting pierced, but do it since I like the end result. It did hurt for me, when I got it. I've had shots in my kneecaps and those hurt too, it's just a different sort of pain. Certainly bearable, just a bit painful.

This was only my 3nd time going to an actual professional piercing shop, most of my past piercings were done at places like piercing pagoda. I do NOT recommend going to a kiosk. Please see a professional at a real piercing shop! I haven't had any piercings in probably 15 years so I was a little nervous and not sure what to expect.

The guy did a perfect job. Seriously, it's perfect and most the time I forget it was done, because it doesn't hurt at all! It isn't even red at all, not even 24 hours later. It only hurt initially getting it done and about an hour or so after. After that it quit hurting and I forget all about it. The entire place was also very, very clean. Everything he used was sterile, and put on a fresh pair of gloves first, etc.

So in summary I'll be back next time, they have the best prices, the work is perfect, and it doesn't really hurt after the initial piercing....

Before my most recent experience here, I absolutely loved this place!! But obviously that has changed. I came here to buy two earrings and the girl at the front desk with round glasses was 1) extremely condescending and legitimately talked to me like I had never had my ears pierced 2) did not listen to anything I said because she IMMEDIATELY tried getting me to sign waivers to get jewelry put in (which I didn't ask for) and 3) after I EXPLICITLY showed her that I wanted the EXACT same earrings from my previous piercing here, she completely ignored me and proceeded to scramble/rush me and didn't even show me the jewelry I was purchasing. As soon as I walked out the store, I looked at the jewelry and saw that the diameters of the earrings were HUGE (mind you, I told her I had VERY small ears but she probably just didn't listen once again!) and they were NOT the same as the earring I showed her in my ear. When I went back to confront her about giving me a product that I literally did not ask for, she told me she couldn't do anything since I had walked out of their view (even though I literally had just spent over $40 on jewelry that I can't even use because of her errors!!!). I tried speaking to whoever the manager was at the time and she tried to tell me that it was my fault for not being specific enough (even though I SHOWED THE GIRL the earrings I wanted that were literally in my ear as well as PICTURES of the piercing that I previously got here to ensure that I got the right earrings). Neither of the employees took accountability for their actions, and for that, I will no longer be a customer at Body Jewel. To give anyone perspective on this, I literally never write reviews but this experience was so absolutely ridiculous that I felt other consumers...

I have gotten 3 piercings from this shop over the past few years and had a good experience for 2 (nose and tongue) and a terrible experience for my septum. It was pierced in the wrong place and made a popping noise as it went through :( It gave me massive headaches and took FOREVER to heal before I decided to cut my losses and take it out.

But, I liked the shop and decided to buy new jewelry for my tongue piercing. After they provided me the wrong jewelry for my tongue ring, they then claimed I never got my jewelry from this shop and they don't sell the jewelry I have? I've had this same ring in my tongue since I purchased it and had it put in while sizing down from my original tongue bar at BJ in Tuttle in 2019! (Periodically taking it out to clean).

I genuinely loved this shop and even went back after the septum experience because I believed it was an honest mistake. BUT, I would highly recommend anyone to go ELSEWHERE' like Evolved or maybe even Claire's for a piercing instead. I never have issues there with jewelry, piercings, or the staff.

Edited to add: I do have videos of me receiving every single one of these piercings at the Body Jewel in Tuttle as...