Our Piercers

JO CASE (she/her)Jo is our fearless leader! Shop owner and lead piercer, she was trained by the original owner in 2005. She loves guiding people through their piercing experience with gentle care.

JO CASE (she/they)

Jo is our fearless leader! Shop owner and lead piercer, she was trained by the original owner in 2005. She loves guiding people through their piercing experience with gentle care.

TRACY FARACA (she/her)

Tracy is the queen bee of piercing royalty in Portland. She has 30 + years of piercing experience, former owner of Optic Nerve Arts.

Anna York (sHe/they)

We are so excited that Anna will be guesting with us off and on!

She is the sweetest, you may remember her from our past.

She lives on a lovely farm in Maine and comes out regularly to visit friends and work with us.

What you need to get pierced.

Some information to help you have a nice, easy and fun piercing experience!


We are painfully friendly!

If you're thinking about getting pierced for the first time, or if you're a seasoned pro, we strive to make your experience a happy one. We will each kill you with kindness before you even realize that the needle went through. We pierce with only the best highest quality materials: implant grade steel, titanium, 14k-18k solid gold or glass. We strive to offer a nice selection to choose from for you initial and healed piercings. We do not use outside jewelry for initial piercings.

Eat well before coming in. It will make your experience so much better! Blood sugar helps your body process getting pierced gracefully. We love avoiding you getting faint or dizzy.

We require a legal, valid (not expired) photo ID from everyone who wants to get pierced (that means a drivers license, state-issued ID or passport.) We need this ID to be physical present, so we can make a copy for our records. We cannot make any exceptions on this.

If you are under 18, a parent or legal guardian must accompany you and you both must have photo ID. Passports, State ID cards and drivers permits/licenses are best!

If you only have a student ID with your photo on it, then you'll also need to bring your birth certificate.

AND if your parent or guardian has a different last name than you, you must supply proof of relationship/guardianship. Change of name paperwork, marriage license, custody documents or power of attorney documents work great. We just need to make sure we can connect everyone on paper for liability and state requirements. We need all documents physically present at the appointment time. Please make sure you come prepared, it bums us out to turn people away and charge a cancellation fee.

Tracy is our resident piercer that is comfortable working on kiddos. She is our only piercer comfortable working on lobes for clients 10 to 14 years old. For younger clients we required guardian/parent ID and a birth certificate. If they have a school ID as well, that's even better.

We are comfortable piercing 14 years old and up, for services other than lobes. Navels and septum piercings are 15-16 years and up. And of course, we don't do intimate or surface piercings on minors.

We have reintroduced oral piercing services for adults. Proof of full vaccination is required for us to feel comfortable working in this area.

If you are sick, please do not come in! Especially in our current era, we want to limit exposure for everyone's health and safety. Even if you are on the mend, our bodies can only heal so much at once and new piercings can be a hit to the immune system. Wait until you feel 100%.

If you are pregnant or within your first 6 months postpartum, we cannot pierce you. The body doesn’t like any distractions while it is growing and nurturing new life. Also, it just isn’t safe for you.

All services is performed at the discretion of our talented piercers and we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Some placements, like navel, industrials and certain inner ear piercings are extremely anatomy dependent. we always prefer an email prior to booking to make sure they could work for you. And have a back up idea, in case your anatomy isn’t suited for a particular placement. Consultation appointments are a great option to find out what placements will work for you!

We are offering all piercing and jewelry change services by appointment. Cancellations and rescheduling can be done through the booking service up to 2 hrs prior.

Please be on time! We are trying to take care of as many folks as we can, so we don’t have a lot of wiggle room for late comers.

If you are more than 10 minutes late for a piercing appointment, lack proper ID, or don’t meet our guidelines, you may be declined service and charged a non refundable cancellation fee. This applies to choosing to not get pierced as well.

Check out our FAQ page for basic pricing info, booking site pricing is for the service only.

Parking and traffic can be rough, so plan your trip accordingly!