Review of Alter Ego Tattoo & Piercing
Alter Ego Tattoo & Piercing is a popular tattoo and piercing shop located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The shop offers a wide range of tattoo and piercing services, including custom designs, cover-ups, and body jewelry. The shop is open seven days a week, and walk-ins are welcome.
The shop is known for its friendly and knowledgeable staff, who are always willing to answer questions and provide advice. Customers have praised the shop for its clean and welcoming environment, as well as its attention to detail and high-quality work.
The shop's piercers, Ricky and Dawn, are highly recommended by customers for their professionalism and expertise. They use only the highest quality materials, including threadless implant grade titanium, and take great care to ensure that each piercing is done safely and accurately.
The shop's tattoo artists are also highly skilled and experienced, with a wide range of styles and specialties. Customers have praised the shop for its custom designs, which are tailored to each individual's unique vision and preferences.
Overall, Alter Ego Tattoo & Piercing is a top choice for anyone looking for high-quality tattoo and piercing services in Knoxville. With its friendly staff, clean environment, and attention to detail, it's no wonder that the shop has earned such a loyal following among locals and visitors alike.
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Alter Ego Tattoo & Piercing Reviews - 100
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Thomas Davis
Love the atmosphere and the service. Dan was amazing to work with. He is a superb artist. And really made us feel comfortable
Jess “Jessarene” M.
My very very first tattoo was done here. Many many moons ago. They have always been kind and friendly. They will take care of your needs abs answer any questions you might have. Very very clean and very welcoming. The price are fair. You pay for what you get
Tiernan Gardner
I've lived in the area for a long time but I only started getting tattoos about a year ago. And honestly I'm truly surprised this place isn't talked about more. The website is misleading and isn't super informative. I was looking to get extra holes added to my ears and possibly look into booking a tattoo appointment. I did a walk in, since I couldn't figure out how to make an appointment online, (turns out they only due bookings in person, which is awesome). I walked in a they were surprisingly busy, but it was fine I was expecting to wait for walk ins, while I was waiting I asked about possibly getting some tattoos and the man at the front brought over one of the artists. I believe her name was Victoria. She was so fantastic. She listened so well and was very informative and instructive both before and after. I got two small pieces. One on my hip and one on my sternum. Both semi awkward places for such an open floor plan space. But she was so kind and lovely about the whole thing. She is by from the most professional acting artistic I've worked with. She was so light handed and gentle. She will definitely be my go to from now on.
Ricky did my ear pericings and he was just as professional. We only did my second holes but I'm interested in my thrids and he was able to show me how they would look on my ears. He was great. The whole experience was absolutely painless.
I highly highly recommend this shop to everyone now.
Will be back 100%
Becky Bayless
I had both of my nose piercings done by dawn and it couldn’t have gone better! She’s super sweet and explains everything to a good understanding. She even remembered me when I came in for my 2nd piercing months later. I wouldn’t trust anyone else with a needle to my face.
Amber Sortman
dawn is awesome!! i first found alter ego back in october of 2021 looking to get my septum pierced, and i couldn’t be happier. i was so lucky to find such a great shop when (at the time) i was very clueless and did barely any research hahaha… anyways out of my 8 piercings dawn has done 6 of them wonderfully. as a nervous person she makes me feel so welcomed and comfortable in her room making sure i feel comfortable with the placement of the markings she’s done before going through with the piercing process. hyping me up after it’s done. i love it!! 10/10 experience every time. would and have recommend her to people in my life looking to get some body jewelry.
Gabby
Dawn was absolutely amazing! I found this place off of her tiktok and I can definitely say it’s worth checking out! She did amazing explaining the process of my septum getting done and helped ease my nerves. Will definitely be coming back
Amber Trenholm
Friendly staff! Not intimidating or judgy like other shops can be. Dawn, the piercer, did a great job at listening to what I would like while giving suggestions and advice as well. I highly recommend going to this shop. 2 thumbs up!
Michelle Benson
It was my fault for not paying attention to the time, but I called 10 minutes before closing about a nose piercing. I was 8 minutes away and they stayed open so I could get this done.
This being my first piercing (minus basic ear lobes everyone gets), I knew very little about after care. (Tattoo after care is different). The gentleman explained the do's and don'ts. I bought the H2Ocean piercing aftercare spray they sell based on his reccomendation again.
If I'm ever back in the area, I'd love to come back, but for a tattoo.
Huge thanks to everyone for making my first (real) experience with a piercing awesome!! Highly recommended.
Jessie
Me and my wife went here wanting a simple matching tattoo. The guy did the tattoo like we wanted but he definitely didn't do the best job. I feel like he rushed through it and it didn't turn out like it was supposed to. Not recommended
Teryn Dixon
I came in as a walk-in and was lucky enough to snag an appointment for the same day! Daniel was my tattoo artist, and he was amazing! This was my first tattoo, and he made me feel very comfortable. His work was just incredible, I’m so impressed with the color, shading, and how realistic it looks! I’ll be back.