EC Tattoo 2

Great prices and personable staff. I went in on a Friday afternoon for two tragus piercings and was out in about 10 minutes. I got serviced by Waffles.
$ 50 for two tragus piercings. Couldn’t ask for a better price. Clean shop and tons of jewelry to choose from. I’ll be back soon

My boyfriend and I just got a tattoo by Bean, we are absolutely in love. We came in with an idea but no idea how to do it. He totally worked with us and made it perfect!
He’s now designing my back piece! I totally recommend this place. They are super clean, friendly and professional!
Not only that, but they don’t over price at all! By far the best tattoo parlor I have seen in San Diego.

I’d like to start off this post with the fact that it has absolutely nothing to do with the tattooists here. Beans gave me my first tattoo on Friday the 13^th here and he was awesome! I’d give him alone five stars. He’s really nice and the fact that he talks to you during the tattoo really distracts you from the fact the there’s needle quickly entering and leaving your body.
Unfortunately I do have a reason for the one star review. Do NOT go to Waffles for your piercings. I really wish Nemo were still here because he’s given me five different ear piercings and all went amazing. With Waffles… Not so much.
I had been wanting to get my nipples pierced for quite a while but always had been too nervous because … You know it’s my freaking nipples! I love them! Never want anything bad to happen to them! Anyway o found out one of my friends actually had hers done and she told me Waffles had done them here at EC.
After looking at hers I thought «Yeah I’m gonna go and get those» because they looked amazing and she told me her healing process was really easy.
The day of the piercing came and I went to the shop and met Waffles. He seemed nice himself but I was honestly nervous going in. One of the first initial steps he did was look at my nipples mark where the piercing was and then he picked a barbell and actually bent it to what he believed the shape of my nipple was. He began piercing each nipple individually and that went very smooth. It hurt but I’m pretty sure that’s to be expected.
The first month I LOVED my piercings. I thought they were beautiful and feminine. Until one day I noticed one of them was uncentered! It was clear that one end of the bar was coming out through my nipple and the other end was coming out of areola. I had assumed at first one side was swollen but after weeks of not going down I realized it wasn’t swelling at all it was just uncentered. That was with my right nipple.
Now with my left every thing seemed normal. But it was still kind of irritated and taking much longer to heal even though I followed his instructions on cleaning. My nipple had begun to swell around the ball of my piercing. First thing I did was go to EC to get a longer bar put in. Waffles wasn’t there but this really nice girl was and I can’t remember her name. When she took out my barbell she was surprised to see that it was bent. She told me that they are only supposed to bend bars for INVERTED nipples which I clearly did not have. Not only did I have an off center piercing but he bent barbells for me when he shouldn’t have. Two strikes.
All of this happened around November and it is now January. And my nipples still hadn’t healed. I had resigned myself to the fact that my piercings were uneven and still had them in. Then one day my friend asked me to go with her to get her own nipples pierced. We went to a different place in San Diego that was much more expensive than EC but also a lot more anal about their sterilization and piercing. After getting to know the piercer a bit I asked him to look at mine since he seemed to really understand his job. A small bump had formed around my left side piercing and had bled a few days before. Within seconds he knew what was wrong.
Waffles had pierced to far back into my areola and the pressure on it from having larger breasts was preventing them from healing and hence why a small sore formed. Now I have to take them out and let them heal for six weeks before I can even think about getting them pierced again.
Moral of the story. DONT GO TO WAFFLES FOR YOUR PIERCINGS.

My best friend and I went in to get our noses pierced and had a great experience. Waffles was awesome and kept us relaxed and comfortable. Fast, easy and cheap! Definitely going back.

This review is for «Waffles» who does the piercings at EC-​2. I have never walked into any tattoo shop/​hair dresser/​piercer without researching what I’m getting into. I just think that I should make an informed decision about who gets to modify my body (come on — we’ve all seem some jacked up work) When checking out Waffles work on line, I found out he has won awards for his piercing and judging by his portfolio I can understand why! He does some amazing corset back piercings! Unfortunately, I just wanted a mundane septum piercing :). He was very professional, addressed my concerns about the chance of my piercing being crooked (as my nose is crooked), put me at ease about the pain factor (he was right — it didn’t hurt at all) and all round made me feel really good about the whole process! I couldn’t be happier and would definitely trust him to do any further piercing!

I came in to get my upper cartilage pierced on my birthday about a month ago. So far, I’ve had no issues with infection, and the pain all faded with a week! My piercer was Waffles, and even though I was a total spazz (needles freak me out) he kept me calm and the whole process only took like five minutes! Very reasonable price too, and lots of jewelry to choose from. I’ll definitely be coming back here if I ever want another piercing or more jewelry. Thanks a bunch!

I came here after class on the day after my 20^th birthday and got my belly button pierced by Nemo and my first tattoo by Tony. Both were super awesome guys, very friendly and professional. I got my belly button pierced first and I was super nervous because I heard it was painful but Nemo did a great job. Two of my friends came with me and one of them got her nose pierced by Nemo and the other one got her belly button pierced as well by Nemo. Then I got my first tattoo by Tony who took his time and made me feel comfortable since it was my first tattoo. It ended up turning out great!

I came here for my first tattoo on my birthday, and it was awesome! Bean did my tattoo and was very nice, easy to talk to, and really cool. Made my first experience great, and if I ever want another one, I’ll be sure to come back here!

Walked in extremely nervous about getting my first tattoo. My intentions were to make an appointment to have the time to mentally prepare, but Bean was very nice and made me feel comfortable with just getting it right then and there. I went in with a broken engraved bracelet that had a quote I wanted on it. I asked if he could try to imitate the font, and to my surprise he did it beyond my expectations. He made sure to take his time as I asked and started off slow to make sure I would be okay with the pain. Also, the other staff was very friendly, I hadn’t fully decided about placement and they all were helpful and professional in giving their input. Definitely reccommend going here, and their prices are very reasonable.

Went here yesterday to get my first tattoo. I met the Artist, Buttah. I gave him a general idea of what I wanted and a size of the tattoo and let him draw out the rest. A few hours later he sent me a picture of what he came up with and it looked awesome. My brother and I went in to get it and he didn’t mind at all when I had him switch the prep area to my other side which added another 30 minutes of work. He threw out some ideas to add on or to get later on and he is incrdibly creative. He was very friendly and knowledgeable about what he does. The tattoo was beautiful when it came out and I love it. He cleaned me up and explained the do’s and dont’s of tattoo care. I will definitely be returning for him to do a similar piece on my otherside soon!

Came back to get my tragus done. Waffles was amazing and didn’t rush through the process. Reasonably priced compared to other places! Check this place out, you will not regret it!

Great friendly staff that is very health conscious and safe! The jewelry is also priced really well too. I wish I had came to this place sooner!

Got my first tattoo last weekend by Bean. It is amazing. I went back today for a tragus piercing by Chris. Also amazing. I highly recommend EC Tattoo for all your piercings and tattoos!

In and out within 20 minutes! Looks extremely clean inside. Filled out some paperwork, showed my ID, and then got my belly button pierced. It was $ 30 and I got to choose what piercing I had. Noël (??) was friendly and professional. Didn’t hurt like I thought it would.

I got my tattoo done by Bean. He was very friendly, funny, and welcoming!
I was iffy about coming here because they didn’t have much pictures on Unilocal so that I would have an idea about the work here, but coming into this store & looking at all the wall art was very convincing. Bean had a bunch of his sketches, previous tattoos, and random doodles on his work space; my friends and I were impressed.
CUSTOMER SERVICE: He made me feel comfortable about getting a tattoo on my spine because I was scared. It ended up barely hurting and after he was finished he taped me up to prevent any infections and I was on my way!
Their Unilocal deal of $ 20 off any tattoo is extremely helpful so make sure you use it!

I walked in just to ask a few questions and I ended up just getting a tattoo on the spot! Bean was so nice and gentle, he was very patient with me and listened to everything I wanted. I just got a simple set of three waves and they’re pretty fun:) I definitely recommend Bean!

Amazing service here! Very friendly staff and always helpful. Very professional as well.
I’ve been coming here for years for all of my piercings and love it! Will always come back here for more piercings :) Did I mention their prices are super affordable? Usually around $ 30 – 40 for a piercing.
They also sell a lot of body jewelry here and it’s very cheap!

SMALLZ is amazing! He has been working on my arm for a couple years now. Originally a cover up. I couldn’t be happier!

I’ve been here twice. I came here the first time to buy jewelry and the second time to get pierced with my gal friend. I chickened out last minute though so I watched her get her face pierced instead.
The shop is very clean, very professional, and very spacious. Whatever piercing you have, there is something here for you. I felt like I was walking into a body jewelry warehouse with all of the options. The jewelry and piercing prices are also very affordable. It cost $ 30 for a nose piercing here and I was planning on spending at least $ 50.
Both times I’ve experienced friendly service. Nemo was really cool!

We aren’t even done yet and I’m already throwing up 5 stars. We came in yesterday with an idea of what we wanted, got a great price quote and an appointment for first thing in the morning.
Only took about 10 minutes to get ready, less than an hour for my tattoo and about an hour and a half for my brothers. They’re perfect.
Mine was done by Tony and he is probably the nicest person I’ve ever met in my life, so easy to talk to and comforting throughout the process. He made my first tattoo painless. It came out exactly how I wanted. Mike got his from Jason who he had a great time with.
Suuuper clean shop too! Thanks you guys! we will be back.