Piercing license

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Friday June 13th, 2008 @ 10:14 AM

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Where would i need to go in order to get a piercing license and what are the requirements?

You get your piercing license at Ye Ol’ Piercing Store, of course.

Unfortunately, the answer isn’t quite as simple as that. First of all, when people ask about “licensing”, very often what they are really wanting to know is how someone goes about learning (training) to do body piercing. Training, and licensing, are often (usually) completely unrelated, as weird as it sounds. It’s also important to remember that there is know national/international “licensing” or “certification” for body piercing. All those sorts of things are handled on a state-by-state or city-by-city basis.

As for training…the best way to learn how to become a good body piercer is to serve an apprenticeship under an experience, well-educated, good body piercer. There really is no other way. There are a few places you can go to take some one-week seminars on body piercing. At best, those courses will have you well-prepared to start your apprenticeship. There is no way to learn everything you need to know about body piercing in a week. In my opinion, a good apprenticeship will last about a year, depending of course on how fast the person picks up the information and techniques.

As I said before, licensing is completely different from training most of the time. To be licensed in a particular state or city, you will have to meet all of the licensing requirements of the particular city or state. Those requirements vary immensely from location-to-location. Some places don’t have any regulations at all. Some places have really great regulations. Some places have nearly-pointless regulations. The majority of the regulations and/or licensing requirements out there don’t even cover piercer training/education…they merely establish health-and-safety requirements. Your local health department is usually a good place to start your inquiry. You can also ask a local piercer.

I hope that helps clear things up a little bit.

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