Would be amazing if piercing and tattooing were considered more similar to hairdressing or trades, where you can go to a technical college that includes a practicum. Then they could include more medical knowledge.

I’m a baby piercer, started my apprenticeship in the beginning of June and you’re actually one of my reasons for wanting to peruse piercing. I’ve always been super interested as I’m super inked and pierced up, and I always felt I really resonated with the community. I’ve followed you on tik tok for forever, and you make it seem like such an art form and you’re super educational. At first before I started I really just thought it was putting a needle through people but it is SOOOO much more than that. Now since starting my apprenticeship your platforms have been a huge source of information and knowledge for me, even my mentor will send me links your blogs 😂 I’m also a member of piercer babes and I love seeing you post on there as well. Thank you for taking the time to spread your knowledge, I always look forward to seeing you post. I aspire to be a piercer like you 🖤

There's an article from a piercer somewhere that gets posted on r/Legitpiercing a lot and he mentions that he would require an apprentice take one of those 2 week, $2500 classes before he'd even train you and this video made me realize that may be a red flag. Thank you Lynn! I'm also glad you mentioned the Fakir Intensives though, because that one seemed to stand out to me and was also mentioned frequently.

glad to hear fakir intensives is a good option, i'm looking to learn more about piercing (not even necessarily about piercing, I'm fascinated by the front counter and jewelry side of things) and i put myself on the waitlist.

A body piercer in my nearest city (Portsmouth, UK) openly says they never shadowed anyone and that they went to a school to become a licensed piercer. One of her most popular posts is of doing 8 piercings in one sitting

It would be interesting if piercing ever took a model like nursing or the medical field where you would take 1-2 years of classes and do shadowing and actually getting to do supervised piercings at studios. It would be logistically difficult especially since medical school and nursing school have a vast history and it took hundreds of years to get to where it is now, and I feel like piercing would even have a bigger issue than medical with a shortage of people who want to teach in comparison to how many people would want to attend.

I agree. I’m looking to become a body piercer and have for ages however in my area there is no availability for any piercing apprentices i’ve asked pretty much all of the piercing studios in my area and have been unsuccessful for months, my last option would be to take a course as i see it as being my only way into the industry atm :/

thank you for addressing fakir i’ve been meaning to watch this video and when u mention that piercing school wasn’t good i almost cried because i saved up so much to go to fakir but i’m so happy u address it i’m going for the reason you said to expand my learning in hopes that it will show a mentor that i’m really committed this.

my externally threaded jewellery as i watch this rn😃

It's unfortunate! I recently paid a deposit to start a piercing course. It feels almost impossible to get an apprenticeship, so I feel I had no other option. Only to start finding out, it's a pretty frowned upon way to become a piercer.... but then no one wants to take you on as an apprentice 😔 it seems difficult to get into the industry 😭 and also sucks that I lost money paying this poopy deposit 😒

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I have wanted to be a piercers for most of my life. I called one in my area to ask about classes and they were very rude and off putting. So that was a big red flag and a no go for me! So I'm just waiting for an apprenticeship spot to come open with an actual shop in my town. I look and call around every month. Luckily I'm coming from a medical background so I'm very educated in all of the health side of this industry. Your video was A+ on informing people about this industry without being bias either! Amazing video and I always look forward to your new uploads! 🥰🥰🥰

Hey, I'm actually looking in to it all now and seriously getting frustrated! The "schools" near me give me huge doubts! The longest course is 3 days, 1st day is at home studying of the paperwork and health and safety then 2 days going over all the upper body piercings with the option of adding 1 day for dermal and the total cost was upwards of 1k! The problem is, where I live, there are only 7 piercing places and of them, only 1 that takes on apprenticeships but they literally just finished training someone so not taking on right now. Is just so frustrating trying to get in to the business right now 😔

In the Netherlands you also have short cursus. But the first thing you’ll learn is anatomy of the skin, medical condition of the skin. Sterilization but the most important part, customer communication. I feel like a lot of piercers lack this skill. Where I live you are not finished after those couple of weeks. You will still have to work an amount of hours as a apprenticeship before you are legally a piercer.

Really good video Lynn! I would love to see a video on how to find a good piercer in your area

So where should you go for training -cpr-check-bloodborne training -check so when you get all of these credentials what school do you go to or trainer?

I am attending Master Tattoo Institute. It’s 10 weeks and goes through everything, we have to pass BBP test. They break down everything you listed like setup, cleaning, sterilization, angles, placements, health regulations etc. do you think this would be a good idea?

One near me does a 10am-4pm 1 day body piercing course for £700, sickening

I found an online class that comes with a bbp certificate, it's a 10 week course. thats almost a year. its an online course from master tattoo institute. would this be a better option? I live on an Island and we have one tattoo artist and no piercers, so an apprenticeship is not an option for me.

how can you tell the jewelry is low quality from looking at a picture of it? you have a really well trained eye

I was looking to go to school for piercings the school that I found in LA California is 10 weeks long

I love that yellow color. Is that BRIGHT AS F$#! Yellow by SPECIAL EFFECTS USA ?

Quick question: Did you go to any school (trade or academic?) I’ve been trying to figure out if I need to go to school especially since I absolutely dread continuing school after I graduate. Thank you!!

can I be you apprentice?

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