Piercings by Pez — Local services in Altoona

I’ll never understand how this place has all 5-star reviews. I got my nose pierced here. They use subpar jewelry. My nose was pierced with jewelry that was poor quality, and the jewelry literally was sinking into my nose within 2 days of being pierced. So, I purchased my own higher quality jewelry and went back to have them put it in, which they did. But the jewelry was too short and didn’t accommodate swelling. I’m not a professional piercer. They should’ve been able to tell me that the jewelry wouldn’t work. At this point, I’ve had a sunk-in nose ring, a nose irritation bump, and 3 different nose rings to try and fix the issues all within like 3 weeks. After having Pez’s swap out the jewelry and still having problems, I had had enough. I went to a professional tattoo shop, Ikonic Ink, and they told me I was pierced at an awful angle, the jewelry was too short, and it was a poor quality piercing. So at this point, Ikonic swapped out my nose ring with a high quality nose ring and said that it may not heal properly because of having been manipulated so often during healing and may need re-pierced, but we’d give it a chance. It was doing sooo much better after going to Ikonic Ink, but it was never 100%. The piercing was doomed from the start. Fast forward to today, when it should be healed, I wanted to swap it to a hoop. Well, I did, but it was still leaking fluid, the nose ring wouldn’t sit properly. So I took the whole thing out, and now I have to wait for it to heal. And then I’m getting it pierced AGAIN at a...

Got my 2 month old’s ears pierced here. This is the only place I found that did baby ear piercings (with a needle, I didn’t want the gun). Pez and the other pierced poked the needle through simultaneously, and it was very quick. They walk you through the process patiently, answer any questions and make you feel super comfortable. She’s super friendly to talk to and good at what she does.

The rating however is because of the earrings- they don’t have baby specific jewelry, which would have been fine, but the studs they used fell out literally the same night. We were luckily able to find it in baby’s bed and get it back in in the morning. It fell out twice more on each side. The backs were all very loose on the post (even the spare ones they gave us) and we’ve had to get the earrings back on her 4 times.

I would recommend Pez for teenage/adult piercings but maybe not for baby...

I will never go to another piercer! Pez has pierced my conch and rook piercing (so far) and the experience is so relaxing! I have a very low pain tolerance and usually got lightheaded with all of my other piercings. Pez provides a calming, well decorated environment, provided me with a reclining chair incase I did feel woozy, and she gets the piercing over with in a blink of an eye, minimal pain! I've never felt light headed, she is gentle and precise. I recommend Pez to anyone who asks me about piercings. Her prices are unbeatable and the jewlery available is so cute! Pez is very informative with information on after care and any other questions you have for her. She is very kind and patient and like I said, I will never get pierced by anyone else so long as Pez...