If you wear glasses or headphones regularly, it is a great idea to bring them to your appointment! This helps us navigate what piercings would work well, or not well, for you and your lifestyle. 

For our farsighted clients, bring your glasses or readers! Our jewelry can be quite small and detailed. 

If you play sports, we do not recommend removing or taping over new piercings.

There are also particular piercings that we should not use in-ear devices (such as earbuds and stethoscopes) during the initial healing period.

We have a parking lot behind our building! Head to the left of the building, up the driveway, and the lot is to the right. If our parking lot is full, please use any available street parking.

Please do not park behind Ritz & Co. or Allstate, you run the risk of being towed.

Dorje Adornments accepts cash, card, and contactless payments.

We do not offer bilateral cartilage piercings (one on each ear). We stick to one ear at a time for optimal healing. If you have any cartilage piercings currently healing, we will want to work on that same ear only.

We do not want to be healing more than 3-4 piercings at a time. Your body only has so many healing resources!

With the exception of a few piercings, we insist on piercing exclusively with studs, giving you the option of changing to a hoop after the piercing has had time to fully heal.

Curious about heal times? Check out our Pricing & Service menu for a breakdown of healing times by piercing.

Please avoid immersing your piercing in shared bodies of water (lakes, pools, hot tubs, etc.) for the majority of your healing period.

This is to prevent moisture related issues, prevent the introduction of harmful bacteria to your healing piercing, and to avoid irritation from chemicals like chlorine.

This is why winter is the ideal time to get pierced!

For optimal healing on any piercing, we suggest avoiding air travel for the first 4-6 weeks of your initial piercing. Altitude pressure from flying can cause excess swelling and irritation, and no one wants to take a piercing on vacation!

If you were pierced with a stud, downsizing is incredibly important!

Our studs comes in two pieces - The decorative front piece and the back titanium post it secures into. We always pierce with a longer post to accommodate initial swelling! After the swelling has subsided, we suggest the posts be replaced with a shorter set to help ease and speed up the healing process. Since the decorative front piece doesn’t change, you just need to purchase shorter posts. Each new post is $15 plus a $10 insertion charge.

We send an email notification to you when it’s time to downsize your piercing! For a breakdown of downsizing timelines, please visit our Pricing & Service Menu.

You are more than welcome to bring one guest over the age of 18 to your appointment!

If you have an appointment for two people or a minor, no other guests will be allowed.