Pre-Piercing Appointment ChecklistUpdated 10 hours ago

Booked in for a piercing appointment? 💫

We have created a handy checklist, please read through this before your appointment, it’s designed to help you feel prepared and ensure your piercing can be carried out safely!

🔲Before Your Appointment

• Have you eaten in the last 4 hours? 
  
  Please make sure you eat before your appointment. This helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels and reduces the chance of feeling faint.
  
  
  
• Alcohol & substances 
  
  Please do not attend your appointment if you have consumed alcohol or recreational substances within the last 12 hours.

🔲Travel & Activities

• Flying soon?
  
  If you’re flying in the near future, please let your piercer know, as this can affect healing.
  
  
  
• Swimming
  
  Please avoid swimming in the ocean/sea or pools for 4 weeks after your piercing.

🔲Health & Medical 

• Pregnancy & breastfeeding
  
  We will not provide a piercing service during pregancy or breastfeeding. We recommend waiting at least 3 months postpartum & after breastfeeding before getting pierced.
  
  
• Medical conditions
  
  Please inform your piercer if you have any medical conditions that may affect piercing or healing, including but not limited to:
  
  Diabetes
  Epilepsy
  Hemophilia
  Heart conditions
  High blood pressure
  Blood thinning medication
  Autoimmune diseases
  Psoriasis
  Keloid Tendency 

If you are unsure, please discuss this with your piercer before your appointment.

🔲Jewellery Options

• We pierce exclusively with jewellery from our sterilised in-store collection. Jewellery options will be available to view and choose from at your appointment.

• We cannot pierce using:
  
  Jewellery brought from outside of A&M
  Jewellery previously purchased from A&M (in-store or online)

Our trained piercers will help select the most suitable jewellery for your anatomy and chosen piercing 💫

🔲Pricing

• Jewellery is priced and sold per piece, not as a pair, here is a link to the collection
  
  
• A piercing service charge applies
  £20/€25/$30

🔲Downsizing Service

• Your piercing may require downsizing once swelling has reduced.
  
  Your piercer will advise if downsizing is required, along with timing and pricing, during your appointment.
  
  
• Downsizing service:
  
  Available in-store only
  
  £25/€30/$35 per bar (solid gold or titanium)
  
  From 8mm to 6mm
  
  Up to 3 downsizes per appointment
  
  Please note:
  
  Not all piercings require downsizing
  
  Downsizing is only available for labret studs
  
  Hoops for Daith and Rook piercings cannot be downsized

Typical downsizing timeframe: 3–8 weeks, depending on healing and placement

We do not post downsizing jewellery, as changes must be done safely by our in-store piercers.

🔲 Age & ID Requirements

• We must see valid physical photo ID at every piercing appointment. Photocopies or pictures of the ID are not accepted.
  
  Acceptable ID:
  
  Passport
  Driver’s / Provisional Licence
  UK PASS

• Age guidelines:
  
  We do not pierce anyone under the age of 10
  
  Cartilage and nose piercings are 16+ only
  
  Ages 10 -15:
  
  Must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
  
  Both must bring valid photo ID
  
  Consent form must be signed by the parent/guardian
  
  If the parent/legal guardian and child have different surnames, a birth certificate must also be provided
  
  Ages 16 -18:
  
  Can attend alone
  
  Must bring valid photo ID

These requirements are non-negotiable under our licence. We reserve the right to refuse or reschedule appointments if ID requirements are not met 💫

🔲Children, Guests & Pets

• For health and safety reasons:
  
  Children under 9 are not permitted in the piercing room, please bring a trusted adult to supervise young children
  
  Friends or guests may not be allowed in the piercing room (at the piercer’s discretion)
  
  Pets are not permitted in the piercing room 🐶

We're looking forward to seeing you in store!

💌If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your chosen store before your appointment so we can help everything run smoothly.

👉 View our store locations and contact details via our website.

You can also reach out to our Customer Connection Team at [email protected]

Failure to meet these guidelines may result in refusal of service and standard cancellation fees will apply, please visit our cancellation policy article here.