Why Choose Us?
Our talented piercers pierce by hand with a single-use, sterile needle and never with a piercing gun. Our professional piercers are dedicated to upholding strict safety and hygiene standards, ensuring sterilized tools and clean facilities at all times.
Piercings We Offer
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Ear Piercings
- Lobe
- Helix
- Tragus
- Anti-Tragus
- Conch
- Daith
- Rook
- Industrial
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Facial Piercings
- Nostril
- Septum
- Bridge
- Eyebrow
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Body Piercings
- Navel
- Nipple
- Surface
- Dermal
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Oral Piercings
- Tongue
- Lip
- Labret
- Philtrum
- Madonna
- Monroe
- Vertical Labret
Have questions, or looking for a piercing you don't see listed here? Get in touch!
Aftercare
Ensure a smooth healing by following these aftercare guidelines.
- Cleaning Your Piercing: Gently cleanse the area twice daily with a sterile saline solution, essential for preventing infections. In the shower, clean the piercing with an unscented soap to remove any residue left behind by your other shower products.
- Avoiding Irritation: Minimize touching and sleeping on the piercing to avoid irritation.
Always follow the guidelines provided by your piercer!
FAQ
How old do I have to be to get a piercing?
For most piercings, you must be 16 years of age to sign for yourself, and you will be asked to provide a piece of valid government photo ID.
If you’re under 16, you may still be able to get pierced with a parent present, provided you have valid photo ID for both of you. That being said, we do reserve the right to refuse piercings on an individual basis. This is usually based on anatomy, but sometimes it may just be something your piercer is not comfortable doing on a minor.
*For genital, nipple, and surface piercings, you must be 18, regardless of parental consent.
How long does it take for a piercing to heal?
Healing times vary by piercing type. Earlobes typically heal in 6-8 weeks, while other cartilage and body piercings may take 6-12 months. Everybody heals differently.
How much do piercings hurt?
Pain levels vary depending on the piercing location and individual tolerance.
What should I avoid during the healing process?
Avoid touching, twisting or playing with your piercing, sleeping on it, over-cleaning, and exposing it to dirty environments or harsh chemicals.
Can I swim with a new ear piercing?
Avoid any submersion in water, including swimming in pools, hot tubs, lakes, and oceans, until your piercing is fully healed to prevent infection.
What should I do if my piercing gets infected?
If you notice signs of infection (redness, swelling, pus), contact one of our piercers or a healthcare provider. Do not remove the jewelry.
When can I change my piercing jewelry?
Wait until your piercing is fully healed before changing jewelry. Your piercer will guide you on the appropriate time for switching body jewelry.
Our piercing services
Every piercing we perform, with what each one actually involves. The healing times and the ratings below come from our own piercers rather than from anywhere else. Each group opens with what holds true for most of it, so a card only speaks up where that piercing is the exception.
Search all of it in the library Every page on this site in one place, searchable, grouped by where on the body it goes.
Ear piercings
Most of these depend on your anatomy, cannot be hidden, and are not the side you sleep on.
Facial piercings
Most of these suit almost anyone, cannot be hidden, and are fine to sleep on.
Body piercings
Most of these depend on your anatomy, are easy to hide, and are not the side you sleep on.
Nipple
Heals in 6 to 12 months or more
9 out of 10
- Most people can have one
- 18 only, no parental consent
Surface
Heals in long-term temporary, rejection expected between 6 months and a couple of years
4 out of 10
- 18 only, no parental consent
Oral piercings
Most of these suit almost anyone, cannot be hidden, and are fine to sleep on.
Named pairs and combinations
Each of these is two or more of the lip placements above, worn as one arrangement. They share the lip family healing time of three to six months and its rating of six out of ten. What earns each its own page is the arrangement, and the placement problems that come with it.
Snake bites
One either side of the lower lip, mirroring each other.
Spider bites
Two close together on the same side of the lower lip.
Angel bites
A monroe and a madonna worn together, above the upper lip.
Cyber bites
A philtrum above and a labret below, stacked on the midline.
Dahlia
At the corners of the mouth, and the most demanding of the group.
Jestrum
A vertical philtrum, both ends outside and nothing inside your mouth.
Guides
Longer reads that cut across the placements rather than covering one of them.
All our guides and advice
Everything we have written, grouped by what you are trying to find out.
Ear piercing, the whole ear
How the placements on one ear relate to each other, and how to build up over time.
Piercing jewelry
Flat back posts, hoops and the downsize, and why the jewelry decides how healing goes.
Age rules in Quebec
What the law sets, what we set ourselves, and what to bring with you.
Building a curated ear
What order to get them in, how long to wait between, and which jewelry belongs in each placement once it has healed.
Where we are, and coming to us
We are one studio inside CF Carrefour Laval. These pages say where that is from where you are, and give the honest answer about when the trip is worth making.
Laval
The city we are in. How far we are from each of the eleven sectors.
CF Carrefour Laval
Where we are. Unit J012A, our hours, and what happens on a first visit.
North of the island
Ahuntsic, Cartierville, Montreal-Nord and Saint-Laurent. Nearer to us than to downtown.
Rosemère
Eight kilometers north-east, and what the appointment is actually like.
Boisbriand
Eight kilometers north-west, and which piercings can actually be hidden.
Sainte-Thérèse
Ten kilometers north, and what happens when a piercing has to come out.
Saint-Eustache
Eleven kilometers west, and coming with somebody.
West Island
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire and Kirkland. All nearer to us than to downtown.
Deux-Montagnes
Twelve kilometers west, and when in the year to get it done.
Central Montreal
Villeray, Rosemont, the Plateau, Cote-des-Neiges and downtown. We are not your closest studio, and what the trip buys you instead.
Ear piercing, Montreal
Lobes and the upper ear, for Montreal. No gun, our age rules, and an honest answer on children's ears.
Choosing a piercer, Montreal
Ten questions to ask any studio in the city, and the two places we fail our own checklist.
Nose piercing, Montreal
Septum, nostril, high nostril and bridge. Why a septum is not cartilage and a nostril is.
Blainville
Fifteen kilometers north-west, and what being close buys you.
Terrebonne
Seventeen kilometers north-east, across the Riviere des Mille Iles.
East end of Montreal
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Mercier, Anjou and Pointe-aux-Trembles. Real healing times, and how many visits it actually takes.
South-west of Montreal
LaSalle, Verdun, Lachine and the Sud-Ouest. The longest trip on this site, described honestly.
Mirabel
Nineteen to thirty kilometers, depending which sector you are in.
Mascouche
Twenty-three kilometers north-east, and how to judge any studio.
Longueuil
Twenty-three kilometers across the island, and the part that cannot be undone.
South Shore
Boucherville, Chateauguay, La Prairie and Varennes. Which piercings justify the drive and which do not.
Brossard
Twenty-six kilometers south, and how much one visit can hold.
Repentigny
Twenty-nine kilometers north-east, and the healing timeline week by week.
Vaudreuil-Dorion
Twenty-nine kilometers west, and nearer to us than to downtown Montreal.
Saint-Jerome
Thirty kilometers north-west, and when that is worth driving.
Montreal
Body piercing for the island, from the studio in Laval.
About the healing times. These vary from person to person and some people take longer. We use them as a general guide, not a deadline.
About the ratings. Everyone experiences pain differently and it is hard to put on a scale. These are out of ten, from our experience of doing them every day, and they are a rough guide rather than a promise about how it will feel for you.
Prices. We do not publish a price list. What a piercing costs moves with the jewelry you choose, and we run promotions fairly often, so the honest answer is a quick conversation. Call us on (450) 682 1777 or come in and ask, and we will tell you exactly what yours costs before anything happens.