SOFIA Accessories 抗過敏飾品 穿耳洞專門 — Local services in Taipei

2/14/2024

Here I had the best ear piercing experience of my life (so far)!! I got my third lobe piercing here.

(I am from the US and) this was wayyy better than getting my other two earlobe piercings at Claire’s (lol) in the US.

The worker/boss lady was patient with me. She showed me the different options for earrings. I picked ones that were 400 NTD each because they have flat backs and won’t poke me. Yay!! I’m really glad they offer those. I feel like the price is very reasonable and it’s totally worth it for me. The total price was 900 because it’s an additional 100 for the two piercings. (50 each for lobe piercings I think). This is super affordable compared to the US in my experience.

The boss lady that did my piercing was great. 10/10. She used 白花油 / white flower oil to numb the area and it actually really helped! If you aren’t familiar, it’s similar to icy hot or deep blue rub. I felt no pain, just a slight pinch. Way more comfortable than the two other lobe piercings I’ve gotten. More comfortable than acupuncture I’d say. I kept telling her she’s so good at it, so she told me she did ear piercings for two babies recently. I asked if they cried and she said no! Haha. I believe her.

I would say the only downside to getting a piercing here is that they don’t provide cleaning solution/alcohol to clean the piercing with at home. She said I need to buy it myself. I hope I bought the right kind… I bought alcohol prep pads that you use before getting a shot or something.

They say you can come back in a month. I think it’s to check on your healing and maybe help you switch it out. They gave me care instructions in English.

It’s only been a few hours, so I’ll update my review after 1 month if it gets infected. So far, one side doesn’t hurt at all but the other side is a little tender and throbbing very slightly. I’m very happy with my experience today though :)

3/5 UPDATE: My piercings seem to be healing well with no infections yet! However, I found out that alcohol is not recommended for cleaning new piercings. The care instructions they gave me said to use alcohol cleaning pads, but I felt like the piercing area was very irritated after I used those. Instead, I bought a saline solution and cotton swabs (q-tips) to clean them, and that has been better for me. I would recommend getting a...

The lady who helped pierce my ears earlier today was really friendly and professional, she would rub my earlobe for several minutes after disinfecting with rubbing alcohol before using the disposable piercing device, which is better from a hygiene standpoint and costs significantly less than what a normal ear piercing service using a needle gun would cost (at least TWD$1000+ for both ears); here it costs around NTD$250-350 per piercing depending on which starter pair of earrings you choose. (mine was $700 total for repiercing both my earlobes)

For more context, I've had my ears pierced before via needle gun 5 years ago at a street market earring stall, my ears got infected and stayed inflamed with pus for months, so I gave up one year in and let the holes grow back.

If you're getting your earlobes pierced for the first time/repierced, you have to keep your earrings on for at least 3-4 weeks so the pierced holes won't grow back easily, keep on even when showering. Always keep your earlobes dry and clean, never damp or it will cause infection. 48 hours after piercing, rotate the front of the earring a little to loosen dried blood. They'll give you a few alcohol wipes to disinfect the back of your ears as necessary, and you can come back after one month to change earrings. (This is what she'll tell you when you pierce your earlobes for the first time)

Overall it was really quick and the service was great, would recommend if you're fearful of needle guns at other places....although at peak hours you might have to wait longer since the process of piercing each time (choosing starter pair, disinfection, rubbing earlobes, piercing and all) will take at least 5-10 minutes per piercing per person, as it is a small shop with one or two...

三個月前，我到貴店穿耳洞，幫我穿耳洞的店員態度好、有耐心，整個穿耳洞的過程都很愉快！ 幾天前，我回到貴店第一次換耳環，因為擔心自己第一次換耳環會因為本人技術不好而戳傷耳垂，所以才抽空回貴店，打算現場買耳環並請店員協助換上！

先說明，幫我穿耳環的店員及幫我換耳環的店員是不同人！

換耳環當天，店員先協助拆下我原本的耳環，拆的時候我就覺得耳洞有點被扯到、有點痛，但我當下認為是穿耳洞後的第一次拆耳環，可能難免會不舒服，所以我當下也沒有很在意；隨後，店員拿起新的耳環打算幫我換上，右耳換上時，我只是感覺些微小刺痛，接下來，換左耳耳環時，我感到劇痛，我立馬向協助戴耳環的店員反映，店員停下來說讓我休息一下，大約二、三秒後，店員再試一次，我再一次感到劇痛，且再一次和店員反映，此時我已微微感受到我的耳垂受傷了！後來，該店員堅持再試一次，且想從後方耳垂往前穿，結果，店員拿起耳環對著耳洞用力往前一推，我就看見鮮血從我耳洞前方的孔流出！真的不誇張！感覺鮮血一時還止不住！

後來，另一位店員才前來協助，並表示可能是耳環拿到粗針的款式，所以比較難戴進去！我當下超級傻眼！此店員還解釋，有的顧客確實會回來換粗針！可是，我不可能一邊戴粗針一邊戴細針吧？而且我也從頭到尾沒有提出這種需求！ 我覺得拿錯耳環就拿錯耳環，為什麼還要做這種解釋呢？

雖然最後耳環都順利放入耳洞中，且也完成結帳，但整個過程，我完全沒有接收到該店店員對我的任何一句道歉或表示不好意思，感覺真的很差！我不知道當天店員們對於顧客耳垂被店員戳流血後反應的不太關心是正常的嗎？

(我給2星是因為協助穿耳洞...