Navels, noses, eyebrows and other, less common places on the body are being adorned with hoops, barbells and studs of all shapes and sizes. And, as piercers will tell you, there are as many different reasons for getting it done as there are places to pierce. A lot of people get it done because they've seen it on someone else and liked the way it looked. Over the last six years at Stainless, Brazda has also observed a change in the kind of people coming in for a piercing or tattoo. The main difference now is people are getting more educated.
Customers are more educated about their options and choices.
If customers are more informed about body art procedures, they are also very particular about what will grace their bodies, especially when it comes to tattoos. Most people bring in their own individual design or they have the artist create something to articulate their own vision. It's very rare for people to pick something off the wall. She says a popular request for tattoos this year is for Chinese characters and dragons, while last year the rage was for Celtic designs. But she says mostly people are all over the place.