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Welcome to Arcadia!

Thank you so much for choosing to visit us! After our move to Coolidge Corner, our policies have changed so even if you’ve been in before, be sure to read through the answers to the frequently asked questions. Our new studio allows us to accept more clients and it’s easier for us to just sell jewelry, even without an appointment. If you have any questions before booking, call us at 617-505-6189.

Now that we have moved to our larger location, we are able to accept walk-ins every day from 12pm to 7pm for almost any piercing. We stop accepting walk-ins at 7pm every night but appointments are bookable until 8pm. There are days of the week where there is still only one piercer on so weekday walk-in availability may be somewhat limited. The earlier you arrive, the better! Monday through Thursday, the studio will close for 30 minutes at 3pm so the staff is able to eat lunch. Please note that there are still some piercings that require appointments.
Due to high complexity and anatomy dependency of certain piercings, we do not offer them during walk-in hours. These piercings usually require more in depth procedures so they are only done by scheduling an appointment. The piercings that are not available during walk-in hours are oral piercings and genital piercings.
If you are over the age of 18, you will need to bring your valid, government issued photo ID. The Board of Health requires that a photo of your ID be attached to the digital release form that clients are required to complete. A new release form must be filled out for each new piercing procedure so please always bring your ID with you even if you’ve visited us before! Please note we are unable to accept military ID as a form of identification.
If you are under the age of 18, we will need your original birth certificate as well as your parent/legal guardian present with their valid, government issued photo ID with matching information to the birth certificate. If you do not have these documents at the time of your appointment, we will not be able to do your piercing, even if you have previously been to Arcadia before. A new release form must be filled out for each new piercing procedure so please always bring your documents with you even if you’ve visited us before! Please note we are unable to accept military ID as a form of identification.
When booking an appointment, the system will ask for card information, and you will be charged a fee based on the service you have selected (the deposit price is the cost of the service requested). This fee is applied toward the service that you select, which means that when you come for your appointment, you will only have to purchase jewelry and (if you’d like) aftercare. All deposits for piercing services are non-refundable.
No, we will not pierce with or put in jewelry that does not come from our studio. Since we do not know the quality of outside jewelry, we are unable to tell if it will give you a poor reaction or if it will damage the machines that we use for sterilization. All the jewelry used at Arcadia Professional Body Piercing is implant-grade titanium, niobium, solid gold, or implant-grade steel. These materials are very bio-compatible and are great for body jewelry, as clients with sensitive skin can wear it without reacting.

Client are limited to a maximum of three piercings per sitting. Getting more than this in a single sitting can drastically increase the risk of feeling faint or dizzy after the procedure. Additionally, the more piercings that the body needs to heal puts strain on the immune system. This will cause the piercings to heal slower as well as make the body more susceptible to sickness.
We do our best to accommodate clients who arrive late but due to our to our busy schedule, if you are late to your appointment, there will be a late fee applied. If you have an appointment for piercings and are more than 5 minutes late, there will be a $5 late fee applied to the appointment. If you arrive more than 10 minutes late to your appointment, the appointment will need to be rescheduled and there is a $15 rescheduling fee applied.
Jewelry change appointments for 1-3 piercings that are more than 5 minutes late may be asked to wait around other clients or will be asked to reschedule. If you choose to reschedule, there is a $5 rescheduling fee applied to your appointment.
Jewelry change appointments for 4-8 piercings that are more than 10 minutes late will be asked to reschedule and a $15 rescheduling fee will be applied to the appointment.
If you do not show up to your appointment and do not contact us to inform us, you will be marked as a no call/no show and banned from using our booking system in the future, and your deposit will be considered forfeited.
If you need to reschedule your appointment, you will need to reach out to the studio via call/text/email. Rescheduled piercing appointments are subject to a $15 fee if rescheduled within 24 hours of the start time or if a client arrives too late for us to accommodate their piercing.
Rescheduled jewelry change appointments for 1-3 piercings are subject to a $5 rescheduling fee if rescheduled within twenty-four-hours of the start time or if a client arrives too late for us to accommodate them. However, since these appointments are only 15 minutes, it may be possible to squeeze these in between other appointments but there may be a wait time.
Rescheduled jewelry change appointments for 4-8 piercings are subject to a $15 rescheduling fee if rescheduled within twenty-four-hours of the start time or if a client arrives too late or us to accommodate them.
If you would like to get pierced with one or two of your friends in the same time slot, please select one of the Group Piercing appointments to schedule a time for you all to come in for your new adornments. Please be sure to read the limitations of Group Appointments.
Here at Arcadia, we offer earlobe piercing for clients as young as 7. We do require that the young clients have a sort of consult before doing the piercings, where they will meet their piercer and be able to discuss the procedure as well as the aftercare involved. Typically, we like the child to leave the studio and think about the process for a few days to a few weeks to ensure that they’re ready for the commitment. However, if you are able to bring the proper documents (the child’s original birth certificate as well as the parent/legal guardian’s valid, government-issued ID with matching information, the child does well during the consult, and there is another piercer on staff, we may be able to perform the piercings the same day. Please note that only Morgan offers piercings for younger clients at this time and the consults are still required to be booked through the website.
Since the regulations in Brookline do not permit us to pierce clients under the age of 7, we strongly recommend that parents looking for a professional, safe, and clean place for their young child’s earlobe piercings contact the Piercing Emporium located in Worcester, MA.