Piercing Pagoda

I got multiple ear piercings done here at once (3 on one side and 2 on the other) and THEY ALL GOT INFECTED despite the fact that I took care of them in the proper manner, using the solution Piercing Pagoda gave me.
I went back to have the jewelry swapped out in the hopes that it would help (they originally used stainless steel jewelry). When the woman put the new jewelry in, she basically ended up repiercing an already infected hole, causing me a lot of pain and making everything much worse. (She also charged me full price for the new 10-​carat gold jewelry, despite the fact that I had a coupon and had just been there 2 weeks earlier.)
It’s been about 6 weeks since I first got pierced there, and my piercings are still swollen, red, irritated, and even bleeding occasionally.
I DO NOT SUGGEST GOING HERE. I talked to someone at a legit piercing studio in DC, and they said to avoid anyplace that uses a piercing gun because guns are not clean or sanitary enough. Piercing Pagoda uses a gun.

I went to Piercing Pagoda with a good friend of mine today, she wanted to get her second piercing and we also got matching thirds on one ear, needless to say I have nothing but good things to say about our experience.
I wish I had caught the name of the wonderful worker who helped us and pierced us today, she was extremely accommodating and explained everything thoroughly. My friend was a little bit more than nervous but the worker helped her calm down and was super patient with waiting before and after to make sure she was ready to go and felt like she was 100% comfortable with the piercing placement.
I most certainly loved having such a wide variety of choice when it came to choosing the jewelry and not having the piercer shove down my throat that I MUST get gold earrings (which has happened to me multiple times in my quest to find a reliable and safe piercer.)
Having all my piercings done in the past at Claire’s (which were poorly done and left my piercings lopsided) this third piercing evened out my wonky piercings, my experience here was wonderful and I most highly recommend Piercing Pagoda for all your ear lobe needs :)

This Piercing Pagoda is a kiosk in the Montgomery Mall. They are efficient, got good selection, and service is OK. We had some difficulty understanding the woman who worked there that day, but in the end I got my ears pierced. Their selection for piercing is limited (more for kids than for adults). So far so good. No infection or pain. I have to clean the areas twice a day, and turn the ear rings a full circle once a day.

Desperately seeking nose ring.
I had a darling little nose ring (my MIL is infinitely fashionable and she picked out a lovely nose ring fom India). My little shiny was Indian gold and the sparkly was flat in shape so it didn’t sit perched on my nose like a birdie. I lost my nose ring in the shower=(Woe is me.
My nose was naked and I needed a replacement stat. Piercing Pagoda is a little kiosk in the mall. They didn’t have any nose rings that were hoops (just nose studs). However, my sensitive skin was grateful that they carried both gold (14k white or yellow) and silver nose rings. The selection was not remarkable. I selected a set of 3 nose rings with crystals for $ 42 bucks.
I’m not in love with my shiny new nose rings. However, my nose is no longer naked. I just don’t understand why it’s so hard to find a good collection of nose rings in DMV. CRIMEY.