Bella Fine Jewelry and Piercing — Local services in Asheville

I visited Alan for a consultation to be sure I had the proper ear anatomy for an industrial. He was very informative, able to answer any question I threw at him about aftercare, their piercing process, the gages, lengths, and materials of jewelry, hypertrophic scars, keloids, metal allergies, infections, etc. Confident that I had found a good environment to get my first healthy piercing, I decided to book my appointment. When I walked in he set about to sizing a 14g titanium industrial bar against my ear, showed me the angles in the mirror, etc, then proceeded to unscrew the balls off my bar and set all three pieces, the needle, and any other tools necessary for the procedure into an autoclave. While that processed I read and signed a waiver asking about things like keloid history within the family tree, latex or metal allergies, drink or drugs in my system, etc. Snapped a photo of my ID and signed my name, and Alan even offered to let me change the studio music to whatever I desired which I thought was very considerate of him even though I didn't bother. He had me lay down on the bed with my left ear turned up toward him, then handed me a handheld mirror to direct the final angle of the bar against my ear, first asking if he could touch me. I settled on one I liked, then he pressed the bar into my ear for a moment to create an indention for his needle to follow. I appreciated this because I don't know who else a pen might have touched, or where. He then sanitized my ear with alcohol and sodium hypochlorite before using a hollow needle only slightly larger than my bar to pierce the front half of my industrial, then offered me a moment before the second half. I do dislike that he reused the needle for my second piercing, even though all it had touched was my first piercing, because at times the second hole does tingle more than the first but it's not super noticeable or annoying. He also did not give me a swell bar, saying that industrials don't swell all that much so it wouldn't be necessary. As a piercing virgin, I trust his judgement, but it would have offered me a little more peace of mind in relation to my healing process, and overall he was not slow with setting my bar into place, which is much appreciated because it burned like fire the entire time he had to touch it. Pain level was like a nine out of ten for me, very intense but also very brief, and shortly after the adrenaline kicked in and I felt little to nothing. He cleaned up any blood, and hours afterward my pain came in waves from one to six, and then settled back down before another wave would hit. By the next day it was painless. I'm very careful not to sleep on, snag, or bump it, and I clean morning and evening with saline before rubbing essential oils under my ear to be carried up through my blood vessels to fight inflammation and promote healing, and in three days I've only needed painkillers once. The bar fits very well, it does not touch in the middle of my ear and floats freely between the two points, and Alan's placement in relation to the middles of my ridge was stellar! Overall I would say that my experience was a very good one, and I'd likely go back. Alan's gloves, which he constantly changed, fit snugly onto his hands, and he sanitized any surface either of us touched after the procedure. The environment was very clean, mellow, I was talked through each step of the process as it happened, and I enjoyed the incense burned, music played, jewelry on display, and the weirdly homey Asheville vibe to the place. I...

Such a pleasant experience! Absolutely worth the trip and appointment.

This shop is currently appointment only. I made an appointment in advance for a trip I had coming up to the area.

When I showed up, I had the whole shop to myself. The shop was clean and required a mask. Nic, the piercing artist, was wearing a mask (correctly).

I was greeted promptly and was able to take my sweet time to browse all my jewelry options. I felt welcome to ask a bunch of questions. I was there to replace the jewelry in my healed conch. This shop is better than any shop in my local area and has jewelry made by the artists. The jewelry is gorgeous and unique The prices were so reasonable! I was so impressed. There was a large variety of options which I felt no pressure to hurry up to choose and in no way did I feel pressured to get a new piercing or buy the most expensive pieces.

Here is the best part for me: Nic went above and beyond duty. I just came in to get my conch jewelry replaced with something cute but he spent the time to look over my other piercings. Nic pointed out that some of my healed piercings had posts that were too long and one was actually affecting the angle my piercing was healing.

He volunteered to change the posts for me without my asking. It was something I actually had been needing and wanting to do for a while but did not want to ask a piercer that didn’t do the original work to take the extra time and effort to do it for me. He spent quality time patiently fitting better posts to my healed piercings and they felt SO much better afterwards. He took his time to explain to me why the longer posts were bad for my piercings in an informative yet not condescending way.

He autoclave the new jewelry for me even when I wasn’t getting a new piercing. This was a great comforting touch to me. Very professional.

When we got started Nic made sure I was comfortable and even asked for consent to touch my ears and informed me what I needed to let him know if I was uncomfortable at any point.

During the process, he continued to ask about my comfort and thanked me for sitting well. He made wonderful conversation about the Asheville area and had wonderful manners. He is so well spoken and extremely personable.

I ended up leaving there with my gorgeous new conch jewelry as well as new posts for a flat, a forward helix and my conch.

When we were done, he handed my all my old jewelry and posts to keep. He didn’t charge me a penny for any of the extra work. Just the new single piece of conch jewelry that I purchased.

I wish I lived in this area to continue to support this shop. Knowing I was a tourist, he suggested a professional shop in my local area for my future use. He treated me so well and I can’t say enough about it. It was a highlight of my...

This shop is run by Derek Ian, and managed by Nic Fox. Additional pierces include Nicole who is extremely gentle, soft touch and small hands. Crucial talent for change outs. She makes changes outs a breeze and is so sweet. Crazy cool. Alan crafts his own vegan body jewelry and has such a talent for creating one of a kind piercings and the jewelry for them. Nic is tremendously experienced and professional. You rarely come across such fine pierces as himself. Balanced, yet willing to experiment if you are. Derek has the most tasteful approach to piercings and jewelry, for what I'm looking for. I love beautiful, small, tasteful, yet blingy BVLA style jewelry that I can stack. He's great to take your mom, grandma, skeptical boyfriend, or anyone who may be taboo about piercings. He's also great if you want to make sure you have the best piercing you can get in Asheville, NC. He does a great job taking taboo out of all body mods in my opinion and helps make them truly beautiful based on every person's unique anatomy. For example, I once went in for a triple forward helix. Derek said he didn't think my small upper ear could handle a triple, and instead provided me with a wonderful suggestion of a symmetrical single forward helix. I paired it with great jewelry, and ended up with a far better piercing than I had anticipated. With my initial approach, I was looking to pay $120 for my three piercings, and then an additional $200 for the jewelry. Instead, Derek used one of the sharpest hollow needles that are no longer available for purchase . And the needle was at a hooked angle . It was so smooth, and painless, and clean. I swear the equipment he used and his technique and care allowed my piercing to heal beautifully, and without a keloid in sight! I also keep very long brown hair. I can really say everyone here is extremely kind, courteous, and professional, and I would know because I've been pierced by them all. Great folks!

And the shop has its own no pay parking right off Coxe Ave just past the...