Top Spots To Get Piercings In Houston

Whether you want to get your ears pierced or another body part, some places are better to go than others. Depending on how much you want to spend and the environment you seek, there are several options for piercing around town. From medical clinics to tattoo parlors, check out the best places in Houston to get piercings.
NW Cypress Pediatrics
11240 FM 1960 Road W., Suite 210
Houston, TX 77065
(281) 469-7400
www.nwcypressmd.com

NW Cypress Pediatrics offers several reasons for why you may want to opt for a doctor's office for your or your child's ear piercing. The office provides children and adult patients with a safe, sterile piercing procedure and centers the earrings precisely. The earrings used to hold the holes open are medical grade, which, if kept clean, will be less likely than non-sterile earrings to become infected. Anyone from infants up through adult age may get their ears pierced at NW Cypress Pediatrics. Should something happen, you can phone the 24-hour emergency line to get answers to your questions about possible complications after the procedure.

Texas Body Art
12537 Jones Road
Houston, TX 77070
(281) 894-2227
www.texasbodyart.com

For six years in a row, Texas Body Art has received the award for the top ear piercing and tattooing location in Houston. This location will not allow anyone under 18 a tattoo, so don't worry about your child going here and getting a tat while being pierced. IDs and a birth certificate are required for all procedures done on minors, and the parents listed on the birth certificate must be present for those under 18. Prices for piercings depend on where the piercing is done and if Texas Body Art includes jewelry with the piercing. Earlobes cost $30 each.

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Steeplechase Pediatric Center
13114 FM 1960 W., Suite 114
Houston, TX 77065
(281) 469-2838
www.steeplechasepedi.com

If you would like to take your child to get her ears pierced in a doctor's office, you have several options. Steeplechase Pediatric Center offers ear piercing for children between four months and 18 years. You will need to bring a shot record with you for your child to get pierced. The pediatricians do not recommend ear piercing for children between nine months and four years of age, but they will still pierce your young child's ears if you insist. Please check with the pediatrician office's policies on the website for setting appointments before you decide when to bring your child in for ear piercing.

Texas Children's Pediatrics
18200 Katy Freeway, Suite WA 160
Houston, TX 77094
(281) 579-6414
www.texaschildrenspediatrics.org

Conveniently located on Houston's west side near Katy is the west campus of Texas Children's Pediatrics. This clinic is made especially for children, and you can bring your child for ear piercing. This clinic has separate waiting areas for babies and for adolescents, which makes parents of either group happier. This is just one of the many locations of Texas Children's Pediatrics clinics, which are all around Houston for your convenience. Recommendations for ear piercing are for children older than four because they are less likely to pull off the earrings and swallow them, but waiting until age eight is mentioned on Texas Children's Pediatrics' site as the best age because at that age children can be a part of the decision.

Sacred Heart Studio
327 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77006
(713) 523-0985
www.facebook.com/sacredheartstudio

If you want to go beyond just ear piercing, check out the first state-licensed body piercing studio in Houston, Sacred Heart Studio. It bills itself as the cleanest and friendliest tattoo and piercing studio in town, and people who have been there agree. If you want to go, phone first because the hours for the studio vary, and check out Sacred Heart Studio's Facebook page for updates and news about sales.

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Crystal Hessong ia a freelance writer and a lifelong, fourth generation Houstonian. Her work can be found at Examiner.com.