Warning: Metalmorphosis!

Malaise

As the question arises over & over again over where to go to get pierced, some of the same comments are being repeated, so just to reiterate strongly on this matter & bring together any experiences people have had, good & bad.....

The overwhelming opinion seems to be that of all the places to get pierced in Dublin, Metalmorphosis is by far away the one that we all have the least confidence in. On more than one occassion they've been described as butchers, & lets be honest, that's not a descrption you want to hear about someone who's gonna start sticking big needles in ya!

So by all accounts, if ya give a toss about the opinions of a bunch of freaks who enjoy being perforated, inked & scarred & then talking about it online , then take our advice & avoid this place at all costs.....

Integra

I went in to get a surface piercing in my arm roughly a year ago, the guy doing it said they were rare but seemed to know what he was talking about.
He started by spraying a topical anastetic, then to my amazement he just pinched some skin and shoved the needle thru! He then placed a plastic bar in and screwed up the balls on the end and said it should be permanent because the plastic will bend to suit the piercing.

It lasted just about 2 weeks before I got it checked by someone else who told me it would scar badly if I left it in longer.

I have since avoided Metalmorphosis.

eth0_

Wow. I don't have a piercing on my arm but my nape piercing took around 30 mins to do over all, from marking to massaging the skin to make it easier to piercer, and you certainly shouldn't use teflon to heal the piercing, SSS or ti is the only material i'd ever heal a piercing with.

I'm thinkin' i'll make this thread a sticky or make a sticky of all the super dodgy establishments in Ireland. MM will be top of the list

Malaise

Originally posted by eth0_
I'm thinkin' i'll make this thread a sticky or make a sticky of all the super dodgy establishments in Ireland. MM will be top of the list

I think that's a great idea, it's why I started the thread, if people come here for advice, I think that something like this should be one of the first things they see! Not to put people off, but just to make them aware that just because it looks well, or is in a certain location, doesn't mean that it's reputable!

dragon_ninja82

God! I went into metalmorphosis last saturday, I was after flared tunnels for my ears and they were sellin 2 for 35 blips, which seemed like a good deal. While waitin in queue, there seemed to be this quite angry girl, why was she angry, cause she got her tongue pierced twice there (2 bars going down the centre)and one was crooked on the top. If this wasnt bad enough, the woman at the counter said 'i dont see why your complainin, they arent crooked on the bottom'. If only my story stopped there, I told em I wanted 2 flared tunnels at 5mm, which they told me didnt exist (which it does) but they offered me 2 at 6mm and free stretching to a 6. This seemed okay to me, how can someone f*ck up a stretching. The left ear turned out okay, the right ear (which was healed) was covered in puss and blood, and has been extremely painful since she put in the flared tunnel, and ive had to put back in my 5's which snakebite gave me ( and has since gotten extremely better).

eth0_

Dragon ninja - is your name Jeff by any chance?
A mate of mine also had a blow out when MM stretched his ears.
I went to get tunnels off them before....asked for a 4ga....he kept showing me 4mm and saying 4mm and 4ga are THE SAME. (big difference!)

dragon_ninja82

Originally posted by eth0_
Dragon ninja - is your name Jeff by any chance?

Surprisingly close. My names Joe

Integra

If this wasnt bad enough, the woman at the counter said 'i dont see why your complainin, they arent crooked on the bottom'

LOL..... Yeh that sounds like them :rolleyes:

Sandi

I'm in two minds as to what to get done now. I have a €15 voucher for this place...

Malaise

Originally posted by Sandi
I'm in two minds as to what to get done now. I have a €15 voucher for this place...

Take my advice & give it to someone you don't like for a birthday present...your skin's too precious, even if it *is* free, don't take the risk...

jerk

i got my bottom lip pierced in there about a year ago, the piercing worked out fine but I must say the staff are arrogant ****s

Sandi

I said this on another thread. My friend got her tongue pierced there and she thought the piercer was great! She hasn't had any problems but did say that some members of staff were pretty unfriendly.
Maybe I could get some jewellery with the voucher instead of a piercing...can I do that?

dragon_ninja82

Im sure you can get jewellery off em with the voucher, just be careful, one girl there told me last week there were no such thing as 5mm flared tunnels, the girl I asked today told me they had lots of em. Go figure.

Sandi

Yeah, I think I'll stick with the jewellery idea. I'll get a funky coloured ring for my lip or something. I hope whoever works there knows what a 9mm x 1.2 mm is!

dragon_ninja82

If you are after cool jewellery go to www.wildcat.co.uk They have a fantastic selection, and you get get their massage brochure posted out to you for free

Sandi

I have a Wildcat catalogue actually and their stuff is amazing but I can't use the Metalmorphosis voucher there!
I just wanna use the voucher coz it was a birthday prezzie from my best mate and I don't wanna give it to someone else or waste it, ya know?

Karl Hungus

Got my nose Peirced there once. Bloody thing got infected, and was pretty ****ing unsightly for a while afterwards. Thankfully I was stubborn enough to keep it in there, and it healed up nicely. Was great after that, I used to ****ing love it, but it got ripped out not long afterwards.

I've been planning on getting it redone now for over a year.
Soon, hopefully.

chernobyl

Where can i get funky jewellery for my tongue piercing?

razorfeather

Originally posted by jerk
i got my bottom lip pierced in there about a year ago, the piercing worked out fine but I must say the staff are arrogant ****s

would you happen to be talking about that butch country girl who looks like she doesn't work there?? she annoys me ; i went in to ask about ear stretching before i got it done because i was just checking out places and she was basically being really bitchy as if she had some attitude thing that i didn't know how it was done. she was like "YEAH, WELL, ya see, its just like a large piercing that is stretched with this piece of jewelery for 10 euro. we could do it now if you want"
and when i let her know i didnt have the money on me and that i was just enquiring she got even bitchier. before that i thought that they were really good. i was also shocked at the size of the piercing room, and the attitude of the piercer...

i dunno. its your skin!

eth0_

Originally posted by razorfeather
would you happen to be talking about that butch country girl who looks like she doesn't work there??

You mean the tubby one with the blone hair, monroe piercing in her lip, and the DUMBEST tattoo of a crappy lightening bolt on her arm?
Ha I even found a photo, is this her?:
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/convent/A30118/high/comp4.jpg

neuro-praxis

I don't know what to say!

I guess if you've had bad experiences with them, I can't contest that.

But I've been going to the South African piercer, Sean, at MM for years. He's pierced me several times and each time its been just perfect, with beautfiul healing. I had a problem once with an eyebrow ring, but it was because I was waitressing and had to take it out in the restaurant and put it back after work several nights a week. That wrecked it.

Yikes! I think he, at least, is brilliant, and I really trust him. I'm sorry other people haven't had the same experience.

eth0_

Originally posted by neuro-praxis
I don't know what to say!

I guess if you've had bad experiences with them, I can't contest that.

But I've been going to the South African piercer, Sean, at MM for years. He's pierced me several times and each time its been just perfect, with beautfiul healing.

Well this is the first positive comment about MM i've EVER heard!
I've heard a lot of complaints about Sean actually. I was in there last year with my friend who was buying tunnels for his ears. Yer man forced these too big tunnels in my mates ears. Mate could tell something was amiss, but next morning woke up to find his pillow covered in blood, because this piercer had forced jewellery in that was far too big a jump in sizes.

What piercings did this guy do for you?

neuro-praxis

My eyebrow (twice), labret and 3 ear piercings, incl cartilege.

razorfeather

eth0_ wrote:

You mean the tubby one with the blone hair, monroe piercing in her lip, and the DUMBEST tattoo of a crappy lightening bolt on her arm?
Ha I even found a photo, is this her?:
http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/convent/A30118/high/comp4.jpg

LOL thats f0cking hilarious i don't know if thats her or anything but she looks familiar

porn_star

i haven't been there but ive been told to avoid it, i usually wait til the tattoo expo comes to midleton every year to get my odder pierceings done (surface, hand webbings, etc) cos no one here that i trust does them...the ones that do are also 'butchers'...and ive been dying for a new surface for the last couple of months and iv been talking about going up to dub to get it done, cos i have a sis up there too, and my piercer told me not to go there.....if im getting pierced by any one other that the girl who usually pierces me its by snake bite or paddy o'd!

sarahg_angel69

you know the way the rooms in MM are all mirrored...well my mate went into there to get his tongue done and they told him..along these lines...u have to watch me put the needle through your tongue or else your body will reject the piercing and you wont be able to look at it again!!! i mean WTF i got mine in snakebite and he told me to turn away and not to look at the needle at all!! thank god i didnt cause my mate said it was huge! my mate also said that his tongue piercing hurt like hell when he got it done there......snakebite..painless!!!!

razorfeather

celestial ring are really clean, friendly and professional...i like them.

what's peoples opinion on Glen Powell that pierces in Miss Fantastias?

razorfeather

eth0_ wrote:

Yer man forced these too big tunnels in my mates ears. Mate could tell something was amiss

Yeah that was the same with me, was left feeling really tender and all mad crap was oozing out of my ear . MMMM.

That's the only thing i've gotten done there and i would never go back based on that one experience. I got bigger tunnells put in in another place and all the guy taled about was the dangers of forcing one thats too big in etc etc...

sarahg_angel69

that the guy with all the tatoos and balls under his skin........he scares me!! ha! not because of all the tats or piercings or anything..just doesnt make u feel "safe"!! my mate got her tongue done there..ans she bled..and tasted it and he goes "**** i hit a vein" she nearly had a heart attack before he said..ah im only messing!! NOT COOL!! and they numb ur tongue there dont they?!

amazingemmet

razorfeather wrote:

what's peoples opinion on Glen Powell that pierces in Miss Fantastias?

I know him quite well. And i have to say he's one of the piercers on the scene who knows the most but he's got a problem of always trying to get a reaction out of people. see the above i hit a vein post. I've got to reccomend him if you want any tricky or complicated piercings.

Lynibeth

I've had 10 piercings done there and 2 fell out. I've started to go to celestial ring and snakebite. Much better by far.

Blisterman

I have to say, the Metal Morphosis in London, is excellent, compared to the one in Dublin. All my friends who are into piercing go there, and have had no problems.

redredzer

what's peoples opinion on Glen Powell that pierces in Miss Fantastias?[/QUOTE]

i hav to say i think glen is a brill piercer....went to celestial ring to get my tongue done and they wouldnt cause i dont hav parental consent so i went to miss F and he did it for me.....really professional and had it done in seconds....no bleeding except for like half a drop(swear to god) mine hasnt swelled up at all so im really happy with it..
THANKS GLEN......i know where i will be going if i ever want another piercing!!

Blub2k4

redredzer wrote:

went to celestial ring to get my tongue done and they wouldnt cause i dont hav parental consent

that sounds about right, the way professionals do it.

redredzer wrote:

so i went to miss F and he did it for me.....really professional and had it done in seconds

Being a professional piercer is not only about sticking holes in people, a large part of it is doing strict age controls and insisting on parental consent.

redredzer wrote:

THANKS GLEN......i know where i will be going if i ever want another piercing!!

And I know where the cops/healthdept ( whoever would regulate it) will be going if they manage to change the law to make age checks mandatory.

redredzer

Blub2k4 wrote:

that sounds about right, the way professionals do it.



Being a professional piercer is not only about sticking holes in people, a large part of it is doing strict age controls and insisting on parental consent.



And I know where the cops/healthdept ( whoever would regulate it) will be going if they manage to change the law to make age checks mandatory.

om god u ****ing LOSER. u sound like 4yrs old and i hav just done something on u and yr running to tell "mammy". some ppl are such spas.

u call yr self a pro... where do u pierce in georges st arcade?
and yr not the only one whp can run and tell the ppl who would be in charge.. i know thons of ppl that hav gotten pierced in celestial ring,snakebite and body shock and when they asked for consent they just rang their mates....
so run along and tell u little rat.

It wasn't me!

He never claimeed to be a "pro". Piercers have a responsibility towards the health of their customers, so they must impose guidelines on age for piercings. If you don't like it, that's tough. I'd rather be pierced by a "pro" than someone who just wants to stick a needle in me and take my cash. A piercer should be proud to do it the way it should be done.

secret_squirrel

redredzer wrote:

om god u ****ing LOSER. u sound like 4yrs old and i hav just done something on u and yr running to tell "mammy". some ppl are such spas.

u call yr self a pro... where do u pierce in georges st arcade?
and yr not the only one whp can run and tell the ppl who would be in charge.. i know thons of ppl that hav gotten pierced in celestial ring,snakebite and body shock and when they asked for consent they just rang their mates....
so run along and tell u little rat.

I take it that it was your maturity that fooled him?

Blub2k4

redredzer wrote:

om god u ****ing LOSER. u sound like 4yrs old and i hav just done something on u and yr running to tell "mammy". some ppl are such spas.

u call yr self a pro... where do u pierce in georges st arcade?
and yr not the only one whp can run and tell the ppl who would be in charge.. i know thons of ppl that hav gotten pierced in celestial ring,snakebite and body shock and when they asked for consent they just rang their mates....
so run along and tell u little rat.

I didn't say I was going to tell on anyone, but it is interesting that you react that way.
My point is that the industry should be regulated and the standards of professionalism are not only based on whether or not someone can stick a needle in you but rather whether or not they care about the standards that they should maintain and to protect their customers and their own reputations.
Anyway good luck with your further piercings and hopefully someday you will understand the story.

When regulation is finally brought in then I know what piercers will be reported and what ones wont, that is my point, it grieves me that I had to spell it out to you, but I'm not surprised.

<edit> by the way I'd brush up on the reading skills man I didn't claim to be a pro anywhere, it might be all the foam that flew out of your mouth and hit the screen when you read my post that obscured your screen, you could use a screenwipe.

eth0_

redredzer wrote:

om god u ****ing LOSER. u sound like 4yrs old and i hav just done something on u and yr running to tell "mammy". some ppl are such spas.

redredzer, actually you're the one who sounds like a 4 year old.

Anyway, i've banned you for a week for being such a 'spa'.

Kata

Im shocked at this thread, I have had several piercings done in MM over the last couple of years and I have to say I have always been more than pleased with the way it was done and the results. I have had tongue, labret, navel, nipple and ear rim done there,.. oh! and eyebrow as of last week, and never have had any problems at all. The piercer that done the majority of them is Elaine and I have to say I think she rocks. As for having to watch getting your tongue done, that certainly wasnt the case with me, she pulled down the tissue paper over the mirror so I wouldnt have to see a big needle getting rammed thru my tongue!

As for the photo of the girl, that is the girl that works behind the counter but she has never pierced me, I always ask for Elaine, as the other one reminds me too much of "Nancy" from Oliver!!

Hellrazer

eth0_ wrote:

Anyway, i've banned you for a week for being such a 'spa'.

Etho--You got here before me--It wouldve been a month if Id have got here first.

razorfeather

amazingemmet wrote:

I know him quite well. And i have to say he's one of the piercers on the scene who knows the most but he's got a problem of always trying to get a reaction out of people. see the above i hit a vein post. I've got to reccomend him if you want any tricky or complicated piercings.

yeah he does seem to know what he's doing with the piercings but the amount of blood he manages to draw scares me. lol.

"this may be a bleeder"
/me pours blood

"will you hold my balls"
/me LOLOLz /me bleeds

lol

razorfeather

i hav to say i think glen is a brill piercer....went to celestial ring to get my tongue done and they wouldnt cause i dont hav parental consent so i went to miss F and he did it for me.....really professional and had it done in seconds....no bleeding except for like half a drop(swear to god) mine hasnt swelled up at all so im really happy with it..
THANKS GLEN......i know where i will be going if i ever want another piercing!!

I have nothing against him as a person, and i know he is a capable piercer, he just has a different way of dealing with customers it seems... I got my eyebrow done there and it just bled like **** for a while. He didn't say anything he just stood there and handed me a tissue then took the money and said bye. Lol, it's weird, but i find it kind of mind easing when i know that a place DOES ask people for I.D. To know they're not just piercing anyone...

I got my tongue done in celestial ring. Didn't bleed at all. The woman who did it for me was absolutely lovely, and really made me feel grand. The guy who changed the jewlery for me after 2 weeks was hot **** and i want his babies, to be honest. But in other news. I got my lip done in georges street arcade when i was 13 , it was a mere millimetre or so too much to the left, didn't cause any turmoil or major pain...never got infected, but has left me with a receeding gum, tooth pain and an unpiercable labret.

Super.

Celestial ring, all the way.

rmonteux

Yeah I made a few with MM and most of them are gone now, dodgy and quite (very) expensive. :mad:

spiderlegs

HAhAHAh!!! She's the English one,but the country one looks a little like her.Apparently the country one is only from Naas or somethin'......not that countyrish if ya ask me........

Suaimhneach

I reackon there are posters who are mates of these peircers on here tbh.

I got my tougne and nose done by Glen, and have met him a few times through mates, he's a good peircer, but in general, he seems to be an extremist. It's his thing, and he knows it and thrives on it.

I want my lip done like this only on the bottom. Can't find any pics though. Can't really afford it atm either. Maybe in a few weeks. Oh and gto get my nose done again, as it fell out!

Maybe there should be an age restriction onthis forum as there should be on people allowed to get peirced. I know thats more or less impossible to apply, which is shame, but anyhoo.

Patricide

when slipknot were playing me and 2 of ma freinds went up to dublin for it and we all said wed get something pierced to remember the trip so we all went into the celestial ring and i must say the people in there are the soundest fu(kers in the world.

One of my freinds got his eyebrow and the other got his nose done.when i was going to get my lip done though they insisted on me having an id and as i didnt have one with me i said fu(k it and we left.

Found our way up to templebar then and saw metal morphisis, looked like a professional enough place so we went inside and i got it done no problem with no id.The piercing turned out pretty much perfect but the people in there were total pricks.They were bitchy before i got it done then started telling me stuff like your lip is gonna massivly swel up thats why you have such a big ring on and you have to use a mouthwash after every time you eat drink or smoke etc AFTER i got it done which if i had known it before hand i woulda gotten something else pierced.

It hurt like a mofo getting done cuz she put the ball on the wrong side first and she practicly had to force it through to the other side.

Over all they did a great job in there of the actual peircing but they gave me no advice on the piercing were total biT ch es and charged me something like 40 euro.

What did i learn from this experiance?Next time bring an id and get it done somewhere proper like celestial ring, hear that snakebite is good aswell.

How U Like That

I got my eyebrow pierced in Metal Morphosis about 5 weeks ago it seems ok and I've had no problems with it so far. that woman in the picture was really bitchy when I was in there. her tattoo is R-A-D!

Deadwing

Pffft..the piercing place in georges st made metalmorphosis look like a doctors surgery. They pierced my friends tongue..with a GUN. :eek: Swelled up so bad he couldnt even see the stud.(thats right, they pierced it with a stud!!).but tbh he deserved it for being stupid enough to even ask about getting his tongue pierced with a gun in the first place

Suaimhneach

WTF?? CAn you do that?!?!?! Like, what?¬! A gun!!

I wouldn't even get a gun on my nose ffs!!

That's really stupid and irresponsible. Are you shure this isn't some rumour you heard or something?

amazingemmet

I know some one a few years back who had the same thing done there and had to have it cut out in a&e after it swelled too much