Carl welcomes you to The Piercing Bodz, Chester, Cheshire.
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Carl has been Piercing, Professionally, for many years. He started piercing as an apprentice, learning bodypiercing from a medical Doctor, then built his reputation in Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool before opening his own studio Liverpool. Now based in his little studio in Chester, he has very high levels of Knowledge and Skill that have assured him a well-deserved reputation second to none.
At The Piercing Bodz Carl is renowned for the quality and consistency of his art and he has gained a reputation for consistent, clean and, above all, safe bodypiercing. He has regular clients from as far afield as the Isle of Man, Essex, Reading, Ireland, Spain and even Singapore. (and I'm NOT talking about students who come from EVERYWHERE).
Please keep an open mind whilst reading this site. Some of the information it provides may be different to the information you have found from other sources. Carl has been Piercing a long time and he has many thousands of clients with well healed piercings, so he know's what he's talking about. He blends scientific fact and common sense and ritual in equal measure, new and old in harmony - and it works.
This site is intended to share some of the knowledge Carl has collected. The aim is to provide information for as many people as possible. Any websites with adult content are banned in many libraries, homes and schools, so there are no nipple or genital photos anywhere on our website. (It does, however, have a picture of 'A Prince Albert' Click here)
News and Announcements
Index
**IMPORTANT** 1/1/11 MAJOR staff and organisational changes
**IMPORTANT** 20/10/2010 Winter opening times
**IMPORTANT** 12/7/2010 Changes in chaperone facilities
**IMPORTANT** 12/7/2010 Credit and Debit cards
12/7/2010 MAJOR CHANGES _ PLEASE READ
Many of you will know that Carl's 20 year relationship with his wife has ended. This has come as a tremendous shock to Carl, who has been left to try to run everything on his own AND deal with the loss of his Wife and business partner at the same time. His piercing, as always, takes priority, but it means that the company needs to go through some changes in order that he can, at least temporarily, run everything on his own.
As you can imagine, There are many aspects to a busy piercing studio. Answering the 'phone; piercing; selling and changing jewelley; Advising; Consultations; Not to mention cleaning, jewellery and medical supplies orders, assembling jewellery and autoclaving.
We always said it was a 3 person job, and were discussing approaching someone to join as an apprentice. Unfortunately, current events have led to Carl paying for an empty shop after it was vacated and can't take on any more help until that lease runs out. That means the studio is run with 2 staff less than it really needs to run completely smoothly.
As piercing is the company's priority and Carl's skills have been honed in that direction for many years then PIERCING needs to be the absolute priority during this period of changes. As a result, absolutely EVERYTHING ELSE will become secondary to piercing.
Laserbodz
The Laser Bodz was Shirley's new venture. The idea was to build a businness that she felt happy running herself. Although all the leases, rates etc. were in Carl's name the laser has been removed and that business is no longer running. It is a shame, as Shirley was developing a fabulous reputation. Those who are in the middle of treatment sessions can contact her by text using her mobile phone. She will not respond to a call and leaves her phone off for very long periods, but it's worth a try texting, you never know. I don't have an address for her. Ask Carl for her mobile number or look at the sign on the door of the old Laserbodz.
Jewellery sales and jewellery changing
I will be reducing the stocks of jewellery that I sell and sticking mainly to selling the jewellery that I use for piercing and spare and coloured balls, bcr's etc.. I am running down stocks of all other jewellery. I do realise that this may be inconvenient for many people, but the time that is spent dealing with jewellery sales really needs to be used so that Carl can concentrate on piercing.
If you need your jewellery resizing after initial piercing, this will be done on a first come first served basis, but you may have to wait for up to 30 minutes. Jewelley sales will be suspended during very busy times. If you know exactly what you want and you can fit it yourself, then I can sell you jewellery, but at busy times that is all I can offer you. Sorry. It really IS the only way.
Telephone enquiries and appointments.
As you can imagine it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to do EVERYTHING that needs to be done at exactly the same time by just one person. Carl cannot answer the phone during a piercing procedure. If you call and get a message PLEASE LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE. IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO !!!!!
Consideration for Carl
As you can imagine, I am going through an awful time, just now. I'm barely getting over the loss of my Wife, lost my business partner, lost my workmate and then had to learn her job. On top of moving house and an ongoing wrangle with the taxman, I'm feeling a bit fragile. Please remember that I really am doing the best I can. I am having to learn other jobs on top of the piercing, change my work method and work habits that have been developed over 20 years, and struggling with loss at the same time.
Please BE PATIENT !!
20/10/2010 NEW WINTER OPENING STARTS TUESDAY 26th OCTOBER 2010
From 26th October 2010 our opening times will change to our Winter opening times. We will open an hour later and close an hour later:
Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 6pm.
12/7/2010 We HAVE NO CHAPERONE FACILITIES
We no longer have chaperon facilities for our female customers. If you are coming for a nipple or intimate piercing, it would be a good idea to find someone who wouldn't mind accompanying you, if you can (friend, boyfriend, sister). I can talk about a chaperone when you book an appointment.
**IMPORTANT** 12/7/2010 Credit/Debit cards
Credit card companies and banks charge a huge amount for the priviledge of accepting their cards for payment of our services. We received a letter last week informing us that our fees were about to rise even further. In a small business like this, struggling to survive in an industry that seems to think cheaper is better and quality doesn't matter anymore, those rises would have crippled us completely. As a consequence :
We no longer accept Credit or Debit cards of any description
we are sorry if this inconveniences you. There is a cash machine outside the post office on Northgate Street, less than 1 minutes walk away, otherwise we would not have considered removing these facilities.
(We are looking at re-instating credit and debit card facilities as soon as we can find a scheme that is suitable for us.)
7/7/09 Email changes
I am no longer using any of the previously posted email addresses. The only way to contact me electronically is via the contact form on the 'Contact us' page
If you need a quick response, please telephone 01244 351 777. Thanks.
3/7/09 New Website
Welcome to the new look website. It's been a while since I updated it and it was looking tired and getting more difficult to navigate, so i figured I'd spend some time changing things. I hope you like it.
- I've checked the site in:
IE7 and above on WinXP
IE7 and above on Vista
Iceweasel and Opera on Linux
Firefox on all operating systems
Google chrome on Vista
Safari on Mac
so it should work in your browser. If you notice anything odd please check that your browser is up to date before contacting me, thanks.