Many body piercers think they are “piercing gods”.  They think just because they call themselves a body piercer that they have some magical power to wax eloquent about every aspect of body piercing.

They think that the way they do a piercing is the “only” way.  They want to try dangerous piercings.  They mistakenly think the more radical piercings they perform, the more important they are.

Beware of this type of body piercer, and hopefully you will never become one.  This type of piercer is generally inexperienced and tries to make up for their lack of experience by talking about and doing bold, dangerous piercings with huge inappropriate jewelry.

Do what you know is right for your client.  Explain the concept of body adornment and what that means.  Your client will know you have their best interest at heart.

Body piercing is an adornment.  The body must -  adjust to and live with (co-exist) -  the jewelry you are inserting into it.  Think about those two previous statements.  If you fully understand them,  you will always do right by your clients.

Operating a successful body piercing business starts with excellent records of your daily sales and piercings. The best way to do this is with a Sales Sheet.

It should contain the date, type of piercing, piercing fee, and your charge for the piercing jewelry. Your sales sheet should also contain space to log in non-piercing jewelry sold, and a method to keep track of after care products purchased.

The DAILY PIERCING SALES SHEET should be kept weekly, and start over with a new sales sheet at the beginning of the week. This way you can keep track of your statistics on a weekly basis. Although your financial accounting may be recorded on a monthly basis, the sales sheet is better if it is record strictly on a weekly basis . . . 52 weeks a year. Most of the time, you will have a partial week at the beginning and end of each year. . . that’s OK, it will work out better to keep all of your piercing statistics on a weekly basis.