Studio XIII Tattoo & Body Piercing — Local services in Clarion

All of my piercings (with the exception of earlobes done at Claire's and Walmart years ago 🤢) have been done at Studio XIII (two nostril piercings, my septum, and my lip). Glen is great at easing anxiety and explaining the piercing process in clear, concise detail in order to help customer's understand it! He also is a great judge of (for lack of better wording) competency and awareness of someone's ability to care for their piercing. When he pierced my little brother's ears, he was incredibly encouraging and made it an overall wonderful environment for my bro (who tends to be very nervous). Everyone here is incredible. They're all very personable and easy to talk to. I never feel afraid to ask questions or express any concerns I have! In retrospect, as I learn more about the piercing/tattoo/body modification community, it's crazy how affordable the piercings and jewelry are while still being so high quality. (I've experienced only one infection of a piercing from Studio XIII, which happened only because of my laziness towards aftercare at the time.)

One gripe I DO have has to do with jewelry. The first time I was pierced here, it was with a fixed bead ring (nostril, either 16g or 18g). Aside from my septum, which was done with a horseshoe (my personal favourite), everything else I've had done was with captive bead rings, which just aren't very accessible to a great deal of people receiving piercings. They're very difficult for someone without a lot of dexterity to work with. If I remember correctly, Glen told me he struggles to find fixed bead rings anymore that meet his standards of quality, which is understandable, but I just wish I'd been informed of the change in jewelry type when I got my other nostril done.

Fair warning, parking can be a pain, but it's not like the shop has much control over that. I recommend parking somewhere less busy and tolerating a slightly longer walk there.

Overall, I absolutely love this place. Glen has done all of my mother's piercings, and I hope to continue having him do all of mine! I'll be in as soon as possible for my earlobe, and hopefully the other side of my...

I went into the shop today because I had to get some dermals removed (I'm just not a careful enough person and I had them in a place not safe enough.) I called first, asked about prices for removal. After a very helpful and pleasant conversation on the phone with the nice clerk, I was now aware that removals were free of charge, the soonest I could come in was 15 minutes from the phone call and I had until 8:30 pm to arrive. I went in about 20 minutes later, was immediately greeted by the clerk and the piercer (who I was familiar with from previous visits), and talked to about my piercing. We went into the sanitary back room and I sat on a comfortable table-like bed. I laid back, as my microdermals were on my stomach, and the artist began talking with me more in-depth about my gems. As we were talking, he was snapping gloves on, moving the jewels around, examining the tissue, preparing instruments on a counter, and other such tasks in a relaxed manner. I barely noticed as he attached the tools and gently applied the pressure that resulted in an extravagantly simple and virtually painless first jewel removal. (1/4..yey!) We moved onto the second one and it was a little more "ouchy" due to its positioning and original piercing job done elsewhere. The third was a breeze and the fourth one, I was a afraid for. It was the only one that had any issues, but I had pulled it a few too many times. It was pushing through the skin so far it had surfaced and the metal foot was sticking out the side of the skin. I hesitated at its start and asked if it was going to hurt more because of the problems. He reassured me, saying "Not really," and that the skin around it was mostly dead anyway. I let him continue, as he was very patient and quick to stop when I showed worry. Surely enough, the fourth, too, was done with quick ease and was nowhere near the most painful one. At the end, my stomach was cleaned and bandaged. I checked to verify that it was a free removal, thanked some really helpful people, and went on my way....

Studio XIII is the best and only place that I will ever go to for a piercing or tattoo. I have been going to Studio XIII since I was 16 (with my mother's consent) to get pierced. Glen is a very professional artist who takes his job seriously. I am terrified of needles, but Glen was able to talk to me throughout each process and make me feel at ease. I have been to two other establishments for piercings and have had to call Glen to get information about aftercare. I have gotten three tattoos from Dave. They are the most amazing tattoos (I may be a little biased). Dave is very clean and thorough with his work. He makes sure that you get specifically what you've asked for, and he takes his time doing it. I was terrified when I got my first tattoos, to the point where I thought I was going to pass out. Dave was kind enough to talk to me about random things to keep my mind off of getting the tattoo. Studio XIII is an amazing place to get art work done to your body. They are extremely clean and professional. I would and do recommend them to anyone that wants an amazing piercing or tattoo. Not to mention you get LIFE TIME care after you get pierced or tattooed. What could be better than that?! Do your research, talk to the artists, and don't listen to everyone you...