SD Tattoo

I got a belly button piercing here about a year ago and had a horrible experience. The piercer was struggling to pierce my upper belly button and got the needle halfway through my skin and continually was stabbing the inside of my skin trying to get it through. I looked down (as they had me standing up????) and saw so much blood I had lost on the floor and someone else blood on the floor that they had not cleaned up and told the piercer I think I’m going to pass out. The piercer then took a few more jabs into my skin and finally got the needle all the way through before I passed out. This was not only a traumatizing experience but my piercing isn’t centered correctly and doesn’t look cleanly pierced. It’s over priced here, unsanitary and they have inexperienced piercers. I wish I hadn’t came here.

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Had a few pieces done by SD Tattoo and they are all phenomenal. He’s also a very friendly and personable guy (who digs great music) and I really like the atmosphere of the shop

I went to get the piercing removed as I was having pain and issues with it since I got it pierced there over two months ago and they told me it was going to be 30$ to remove the jewelry that takes two seconds. Like seriously they have the worst customer service possible. What happen to common courtesy and helping someone that was seen and spent money in this location to begin with will never use there services again.

Their piercing from a friend and I experience has been a nightmare from hell! If I could attach pictures I'd show you how the jewelry has tarnished. The jewelry was bent in places it shouldn't have been. It has now been caught on a towel and it sliced my nose 3mm & on the inside its embedded into my skin. Having it removed has turned into a three ring circus. No one wants to touch this from the ER, FD & multiple piercings places local to me. When I reached out via IG. It was we can't help then after seeing photos come in & we can help. I love 4 hrs away and am not traveling again to a place that didn't do basic needs of placing jewelry. I wouldn't suggest to anyone to go to this place for business after what I've been through. I paid over 100$ for this piercing plus tip. Now more to fix the issue. I should atleast get a refunds for not having the service I paid for done correctly & was sold cheap jewelry that was marked up 200%.

Clean, friendly staff, professional staff, people that know their craft work here. We had our 3 1/2 month old in to get her ears pierced we were in and out and they had everything there to make this a successful piercing.

Do NOT recommend! I’m new to CA. I’ve gotten professional tattoos in multiple states. I’ve never had an experience like this. I took my 2 cousins (one is blind) from OH to get us all similar tattoos. 1st pic is my blind cousins’ $300 tattoo. (3x3) 2nd pic was $175 (1x1) (plus tip) and last pic (mine) was $200 (3x3) (plus tip) They had 2 kids working the front desk that didn’t seem to know what they were doing. A third young man (behind the front desk) tried to sell one of my cousins weed. The artist that did my tattoo (and my other cousins) was rude and kept taking cigarette breaks. We spent over $800 and it took almost 4 hours for this. Needless to say, we were all unsatisfied and I definitely will not return to this shop.

Got piercings done here. They do not take appointments for piercings - waited 2 hours for first visit. I left the second time after waiting 1.5 hours and hearing from front desk there was still 2+ hour wait.
Don’t recommend. Go to a real piercing place for piercings.

Dee did an awesome job! He was very friendly and paid close attention to detail. I highly recommend!

This review is just my experience at the front. I specifically asked for a female tattoo artist and the counter guy brought out a male. I felt like I was being pressured to make a choice quickly on what tattoo I wanted and size. I chose this place because it was highly rated and seemed like an awesome place to get either a tattoo or piercing, but I didn't feel heard or seen. So, I told them I wasn't proceeding with the tattoo and left. If I ever wanted a tattoo in San Diego, I'd check somewhere else. That's how much the front guy affected my experience. He's the face of the business and the first person you see and he just wasn't the vibe.