Not a great shop at all. I booked an appointment at 12pm and didn't get seen until 1pm with no…read moreapology, got two flash tattoos. The first was fine but the artist went ti smoke afterwards and left the tattoo unwrapped and dripping with blood for over 15 minutes and still didn't wrap it on returning. She then rushed my second tattoo resulting in very wobbly lines and a tattoo that doesn't really look professional so I'm going elsewhere to get it fixed. The artist also used dry paper towel to wipe the needle between colours and I witnessed her picking bits of stuck paper towel from the needle while she was doing my tattoo. I emailed the shop to complain about this and explained I would like a refund or at least some of my money back towards getting the tattoos fixed but they have chosen to ignore me. I would never visit this shop ever again. The experience was horrible.

Between myself and my girlfriend we have had about 8 or 9 piercings done at this place. The lady…read morewho does them is very friendly and the equipment she uses is always new out of a packet and cleaned thoroughly. The shop itself is also very clean and has a hygiene certificate for both tattooists and piercers, and rightly so. I myself have not been in for a tattoo but there are pictures all over the walls and some look pretty amazing. Also, not being a tattoo kinda person, I'm not really sure if its cheap or not (prices ranging from £10 for a letter to over £500+ for the huge ones that cover pretty much the whole of your body). Piercings on the other hand are very cheap. £7 for ears, £15 for the likes of tongue, lip, nipple etc. I find that other places will charge you about £20 just for getting your ear pierced! Overall would definitely recommend this place for piercings, but as I said, I wouldn't know about tattoos so you would have to go check it out.

Acero Arte is the only place I will go to in town to get piercings. I love it in there!…read more If you're nervous about getting a piercing, this is definitely the place to go and get it done. Everyone is lovely, and will put you at ease with some decent craic! I've had a few piercings from here now, and I've never had a problem with any of them. The place is very clean and professional. They are also hot on getting parental consent if you're younger too, which is nice to see that they don't just pierce anyone that walks in the door.

This is a genuinely excellent placve to get any kind of piercing, the staff are really friendly…read morethey treat you with great respect with great tunes on in the background. They have a cafe upstairs too so its a great place to socialise. They give great advice on after care aswell.

Yes, yes, yes, yes!…read more I got my third tattoo here, and it's where I plan to get my next bigg'un, Alexandra and Violet are lovely to boot, and both seriously know their stuff, head up the stairs through the doors into the delightfully gothic little studio, purple and sterile, smells clean without overpowering chemical smells. Slideshows of past work and designs flicking around on the screens, with a playlist that echoes the impeccable alternative tastes of the owners. Alexandra is the resident inker, and Violet the piercer, they both know their stuff, Alex having done quite an extensive art history degree to back up her drawings. I wanted a small piece to commemorate getting through a stint of ill health and operations, getting a dot work acorn on my ankle, the dot work here in particular is divine, but alex can lend herself to so so many styles. No issues, no bleeding out, and healed like an absolute dream, still clear and lovely months on, definitely no putting the ink in the wrong depths here. I'm yet to have a piercing here, mostly because I keep wimping out of one i've been considering for some time, but I know a lot of people with ink and piercings from here, never mind the two instagram accounts you can follow, and I have never seen a problem. They've been quick to help properly on coverups and ill-done piercings from other places too. They also sell high end high quality body jewellery such as anatometal, industrial strength etc and decent natural healing stuff like hustler butter. Go here, book here, get it done!

From the owner: Inkhaus Tattoo and Piercing is a fully custom tattoo studio, which means that all designs tattooed…read moreare exclusive and personal to you. Our tattoo artist, Alexandra Huckins, has many years experience and works over a number of different tattooing styles. We also have a fantastic piercing service with a huge range of the highest quality body jewellery from around the world. Our body piercer, Becky Crossan, is dedicated to providing safe, clean and beautiful piercings which means that not only is our jewellery beautiful, but it is also suitable to wear as initial jewellery in your fresh piercing too! All of this takes place in a beautiful, cosy 17th century building on Yarm High Street.

I brought my son to PX and WOW it was fantastic friendly professional clean. For an ear piercing I…read morethought it was a little over priced, however after he had it done I could completely justify the cost and I will be taking my younger son too. Thanks guys you are great.

I went here for my second piercing ever, at 12 years old, with my dad. I went for a navel piercing…read moreafter reading a positive review and I have to say, it was justified. The place had a friendly atmosphere, was very clean and the staff were pleasant, kind and helpful. They talked me through what they were doing and asked if I was OK. After it was done (very quickly I might add) they offered me a glass of water and a toffee. Overall I found it a wonderful place and, if I get another piercing, I would definately go back there. 6/5!

I took my girlfriend in to get her latest tattoo. Mark of…read moreRock Star uses this new needle which delivers a slower rate of impressions on the skin, but in turn makes it less painful. The style and the end product was great. The lines were that thin that he did the outline and the shading all in one go! Mark was easy to talk to, utter professional and will definitely be using his services again. Thanks again

I have had 3 tattoos done by Taran now- one of them a big thigh piece that took a good 4-5 hours to…read moreoutline. He is a fab artist and him and Mark always make me feel welcome. Clean and tidy and always the offer of a cup of tea :) Had one done elsewhere previously but wont go anywhere else now :) x

I've had all of my piercing's done here; ear lobes, eyebrow, and industrial…read more Two of three failed. The ear lobes both succeeded [which I'd expect since it's the simple piercing to execute]. The eyebrow failure: it was performed by the owner, Nicole - she mistargeted the insertion points (too wide apart) so the bar ended up being too short: this caused inordinate swelling and pressure leading me to take it out after a week of deliberating. I got a refund and an offer to have it replaced for free, which was respectable customer service. I didn't get it replaced. Eyebrow Solution: I think she knew that she'd performed a poor placement of the eyebrow piercing as soon as she performed it but wishfully justified the placement - in that wasn't that far from perfect and it should still work out. I think she should have admitted failure right away upon noticing her placement was poor and offered to re-do it as soon as it had healed; tallying it up to having made a mistake by eying the placement holes rather than using a ruler or measuring device. The industrial failure: I kept it in for a year with issues all throughout. This was performed by Seb, the main guy there. The issues, I found, were largely my fault due to sleeping on the side where the piercing was placed - Seb did make it clear I should avoid this by using an aeroplane pillow for side sleeping but this proved, in practice, impractical. The biggest issues came a lot when I began to develop keloid scars on both sides of the industrial inserts. Seb did attempt some reasonable-sounding troubleshooting: I was told to massage the scars in the shower for some weeks for a few minutes each time in an attempt for this to press them away - I tried this and it failed. Then, after going back I was given two small bars to replace the long industrial bar; I was given washers on each end of each bar in an attempt to squash/massage out the scars naturally. This also failed. In turn, I eventually took both bars out because the scars were expanding in size rather than shrinking. I must now [inconveniently] get them removed by a surgeon of sorts, which is an issue I'm currently solving. I must add, I have heard these keloid type scars are due to a genetic predisposition (although I haven't verified this). Industrial solution: A solution would have been to remove it immediately as the scars showed development and call it a failure at that point, but Seb must not have much data to pull from with Keloid scars - I suspect the idea the scars could be pushed down to be a fallacy and he hadn't seen any evidence. They're scars, I don't think [like most scar tissue] that it goes away easily. I could be wrong though, he may have found success with other clients with this technique.

As good as it gets studio!!…read more brilliant atmosphere, extremely talented and knowledgable piercer. super clean, great jewellery choice. always recommend to friends and newbies, even if they arent local its worth travelling to get a great piercing. nici gives out aftercare advice which a lot of studios forget and she welcomes everyone back for check ups and a free first jewellery change. seriously, other places should learn a thing or two from blue lotus. woo hoo. will not go anywhere else!

I have visited many tattooists across Europe and The Devils Angel is where I feel the most…read morecomfortable. Lee's vision and creative flair are effortless, he has a knack of tuning into your vision and putting it on you. Charley could not be more helpful and between them it's like hanging out with old friends. I will happily stick with The Devils Angel team until my artwork journey is complete (a long way off yet) and I would travel the length of the country if need be. As good as it gets. Mattie Nichol

From the owner: We are a high class, custom tattoo studio. We offer custom designs in all styles of tattooing. We…read morealso offer a full piercing service and tattoo laser removal.

Love this place, great receptionists and great artists. Very…read morehappy with my first ink and currently looking to book in again. Great customer care and care sheets. Variety of skin care products and drinks inside. You can call or pop in at any time to arrange stuff and I'm sure you will receive the best help, advice or reassurance. My only issue which isn't on the studio itself is I wish some of the artists were a bit quicker with replies.