Anatomic Body Arts - Body Piercing — Local services in Gainesville

I would like to start with the good things about this shop: -everyone was nice in the shop -very clean -lots of jewelry

Now here’s my assessment, coming from someone who has been pierced many times and has been in and out of piercing/tattoo shops.

When booking an appointment online, you are told that the service cost for a nose piercing is $40, which is fair and I understand that jewelry will add to that cost. I went in expecting my total to be around $60 because that’s what my previous nose piercing cost, using surgical steel. When I came in for my appointment, I was only told the prices of the jewelry, no one mentioned what the metal was, so at this moment I don’t know what metal is in my nose, nor do I know what gauge they pierced me with. I felt that the piercers weren’t very thorough and were more interested in standing and talking amongst themselves. The piercing came out to be $83 total, which is pretty STEEP for a nose piercing. My piercer was so sweet and I felt comfortable with her, I just felt like there should have been WAY more communication about healing, the jewelry, etc…I don’t even know how to take this piercing out because they pierced with threaded jewelry, I’m used the L-shaped studs. I did receive an aftercare email, which is great…however when running a business these points on the email need to be covered in person as well. Im an esthetician, I do services that require aftercare, I always make sure to discuss it with my clients during the service AND send them home with physical and digital instructions. I’d rather my piercer over explain than not mention anything.

The aftercare email contains some cursing, which I find highly inappropriate. It also contains my release form, which I checked the mark which said “I acknowledge that I will be given aftercare instructions emailed and verbal” didn’t receive any verbal other than I need to use saline solution because they don’t carry aftercare? Which is WILD to me that a piercing shop doesn’t carry aftercare….

The entire shop just feels like it’s catered to wannabe punks and hipsters…like they are trying SOO hard to be edgy and alternative, but it just comes off as fake and expensive.

My takeaways -steep pricing on the basis that they are “better for you” -dry client service -not thorough -great placement for the piercing -large selection of higher end jewelry, not much for basic quality options

Edit: in response to the business, in the aftercare instructions it literally says “don’t pick at your damn crusties” I also read the form, I’d love if you could point out where the gauge size is…I’m having trouble finding it. I’m assuming willow is who spoke to me, all she said about the case I looked at was the price and told me gold options were somewhere else….i love how you’re trying to GASLIGHT me into believing my interaction went differently. I was told that you don’t CARRY any. If I had known that you were sold out, I’d have asked what brand your shop uses and where I can order it. As I also said, willow was not the problem, she was so sweet. Just there needs to be slightly more training on communication.

My problem isn’t the way your staff looks, it’s the atmosphere. I said this not in a judgement way, but in a someone else may not feel like they are accepted in that setting…mean girl vibes…like if I don’t spend a certain amount of money on jewelry, I’m not as cool…just my general takeaway from the shop.

Edit: I had to look over the pdf multiple times, I finally found the gauge…they pierced me with an 18 gauge, which is INSANE for a nose piercing in my experience…that’s way too big. Still doesn’t include the metal...

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My girlfriend and I both had piercings done here a couple weeks ago. Jeanette is the person who took care of us both.

We showed up early to our appointment and looked around at the jewelry in the shop, they have all kinds of jewelry. Both me and my girlfriend decided on some of the higher end jewelry because the aesthetic.

Once it was time for our appointment my GF went first. Jeanette looked her over to make sure her body would support the septum piercing she wanted. During my GF's consult she was informed that her septum piercing had a higher risk because of her anatomy. (She has a smaller area to pierce.) It could be done but information was provided on possible outcomes. After some time to think about it, she decided to proceed. Jeanette got everything set up and walked her through the whole thing. There was one point in time where my GF was nervous, and Jeanette just talked her through what she was doing. All in all, the whole piercing process took about 20 min for her septum. Everything came out perfect with absolutely zero issues.

It was my turn to get my nipple piercings done. Jeanette gave me the thumbs on during the consult saying my body would support the piercings. After getting her equipment set up, she marked my nipples where the piercing would go. I was able to check, double check, and check again that they were positioned nicely. I even had my GF check to make sure they were even and level. Jeanette had me lay on my back and then proceeded to do the piercing free handed (no clamp). The right nipple took probably less than 45-60 seconds from piercing to having the jewelry in. The funny thing is Jeanette said, "little pinch" right before and it definitely was more than a "little pinch". I appreciate her trying to downplay it for me though. On to the left nipple, and it went just a well as the first.

My experience here was better than what I expected. I feel like my piercing was personalized and considerations were taken to make sure a positive outcome from the piercing was achieved. Granted this place is more expensive than others but I can't put a price on the quality of service. I think it was totally worth it for the quality of the jewelry and the outstanding service. I would recommend this place above all for anybody looking for a piercing in the...

The shop may be hard to find if you're unobservant like me. I honestly still don't even know where the sign is and I had to walk with Google maps in my hands to find it the first time. It's a small but elegant shop, well lit, and classy without being pretentious. But, obviously, the goods and services are the main event of a business, no?

Got my septum pierced here. I wanted to go to a reputable piercer because I know septum piercings can go very wrong if done improperly. Not only was the piercing done quickly and with confidence, The healing really showed me that they knew what they were doing; less than a month later, I had no risidual pain or numbness though I know it'll be 3-4 months before I'm freely changing jewelry. I'm lucky I heal quickly because I wasn't visiting such experienced people like ABA for my first few body mods and unfortunately know the pain and healing that comes with poor work.

These people are pierced and tatted themselves with the knowledge and experience to back their work. Kindest people ever and make you feel comfortable.

For anyone who stretches or wants to, I also recommend this shop. I want to eventually stretch my septum and was able to be pierced at a 12g (I have a bigger schnoz anyway so it suited me and my anatomy supported it).

They also offer higher end jewelry which is great because I'd love to go back and buy some once I reach my goal size. They have more offerings in store than online (from affordable to extravagant) so I encourage you to browse. They had things like blown glass perfume bottles and gilded roses in addition to the jewelry. Interesting to see and I definitely want to come back and spend 🤑.

I'm trying to mention everything people might be wondering about but, overall, I recommend this...