Our primary goal is to make body piercing a safe and positive experience for people who choose to adorn their bodies. Through science, education, professional atmosphere, and hands on application of learned skills, we will foster a professional environment for piercers who are serious about learning safer techniques, aesthetically pleasing jewelry placement, and creating a satisfying career.

Carol:
Carol is a certified CPR, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens Instructor. She is also a certified Aromatherapist, and an EMT. She is a Fakir graduate. She identified the need to teach new piercers good, basic technique, asepsis, and better business practices.

"Every professional piercer needs to work hard and be serious about success. No one else can develop your business for you. At The Piercing Academy, we give you a headstart. Piercers are encouraged to recognize their potential inside the industry, and they leave the school with viable skills they can develop into a career."

Deb:
Deb was a practicing nurse from 1992-2000, and specialized in wound healing.  After attending piercing school at Fakir, she became a professional piercer, and later, an instructor at The Piercing Academy.  Deb has performed thousands of piercings during her career.

On piercing: "When someone comes in for a piercing, I focus on the individual and their specific type of anatomy. Every piercing looks slightly different on each person -- people are different. Each piercing is about the individual. If the piercee has anatomy that doesn't suit the reqested piercing, I will work with that person to customize a piercing to suit THEM. I want their piercing to be something they will be excited to wear"

"Some piercings carry more risks than others, such as oral piercings. I thoroughly cover the risks with the piercee before I perform the piercing and make sure they understand that once they leave, a positive outcome is up to them. Aftercare is key to a perfectly healed piercing. Healing a piercing always takes more than a week."

On teaching: "I focus on piercing placement and aesthetics. What I enjoy most about teaching new piercers is sharing my success and my failures to help them learn safe, aesthetically pleasing piercing technique. I encourage my students to learn not only from their mistakes, but from mine as well."