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    It's Just A Poke

    3.2 (43 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 8:00 PM
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Center of the building seating area
    Linda R.

    I feel so late finding out that Sin opened up a shop in Stockton. I don't even know how long it's been open for. If I knew I would've came sooner or even for the grand opening. I love to support small businesses, especially knowing it's an Oakland native business owner who I've supported since her earlier days. I'm talking 10+ years ago when I got my first piercing (belly) done by her before she blew up big! Again, being an Oakland native, I only moved to Stockton about 3 years ago. So it's good knowing she has a shop out here for future reference. I came in sometime a week in a half ago. After scrolling through my Yelp looking for a piercing place because I missed having my nose pierced. To my surprise I found this location and it said Stockton, ca and I couldn't believe it.. I got lucky and I guess it was a promo day when I came in? I wouldn't know because I don't have social media, but I know Sin always has the best deals on piercings period. It was $10 any piercing + free standard jewelry (however the "standard jewelry" is like a ball literally a basic piercing, so you will end up buying a pretty piece of jewelry.) I was informed the cheapest piece was $30. I said damn for a piece of jewelry I know I coulda found on Amazon for cheaper.. titanium or not. But I still bought it. Support is support. However, for it to be a promo day, it was extremely dead. Given, I did come in around 3PM on a weekday. So maybe people were at work. At least that's what I told myself. When I arrived to this cut ass little pink gated, pink building. There were quite a few cars outside. However, I only seen 2 staff (ladies) and 2 girls that were already in a room getting pierced. All other room doors were open and no one inside. Maybe I just came at a good hour or maybe Stockton just ain't as lit as The Town. Cause when she had a promo at her shop in Oakland, that line was out the door! I'm talking about at least an hour wait! Then again, her fan base out there is probably larger than out here, no hate. The shop itself was cute, wasn't all that in my opinion. There's a few things I seen that could've been updated.. The mirrors in Al the room had like this cheap material, foam like? I don't even know but was ugly and peeling off in different areas, the walls and floor in the room I was in was decorated using spray paint I assume, but even past the spray paint, It made it look dirty to me. However, the piercer who pierced me was clean, her work area was clean, she sanitized every thing in front of me, walked me through the process yada yada yada. I personally just feel that as much money as the owner makes. I think better effort/money could've been put into the store to make it look nicer/cleaner. The seating area in the middle is cute though, with the little tea tables and the cherry blossoms hanging, then her neon light sign. That was a vibe. I did a walk around to see the jewelry selection in the display cases, I didn't see a very wide selection of options, especially for the nose as that was the piercing I received. Overall glad she has a shop here in the valley for my personal convenience, staff was nice, I recommend if you're in the area and looking to get pierced.

    My new nose piercing
    Jaelyn M.

    I got my nose pierced over here for my birthday and i LOVED IT, the worker that was helping me im not sure of her name but she is the sweetest. The vibe in there is amazing and very friendly, the people in there were respectful. keep in mind IF YOUR A MINOR PRINT OUT A PHOTO OF YOUR SCHOOL ID!! Continuing, I really love this place you need to check it out asap!

    Jungle room
    Michelle B.

    I love It's Just A Poke. Amazing rooms and beautiful building in a bad part of town. Service is always so quick and easy, very efficient system they have. ATM access in the building because they do only take cash, the ATM will charge you a fee so make sure to bring cash. The sales are amazing if you follow their Instagram. I will get any and all piercings here. I used to go to Emerald but I find my piercings healing much better and quicker here than with piercings I have gotten at Emerald.

    This is the girl that instead of helping us gave us more attitude.

    We been to this place a couple times until we met this other girl that was just rude to people that don't speak English ; also when looking around to see for piercings ; there's no sign that says DO NOT GO OVER A CERTAIN AREA ; they expect you to know that and not go in that area ; the area looks open to look around and look at the piercings placed for the public to see . Now if they don't want people to go over on the other side they should have a sign that says you can't go over to that side of the counter . I will add the picture of the person that I guess tried to help us but instead gave me attitude with some other girl instead of fixing the problem they just kept arguing and said " it's common sense " when mind you there is no sign that says u can't go over the other side of the counter . Also said that my sister was trying g to go into the break room and when I asked her if she did go inside they started getting more attitude.

    Mid helix
    Lavender V.

    The best piercing shop around!!!! I went in yesterday wanting my mid-helix to be pierced. The girls up front are so sweet and welcoming and were so patient with me in picking out what jewelry to get. The experience I had there was so awesome and I love how they explain every little detail of what they are going to do to me from getting it pierce and what to do for the aftercare. I highly recommend this place.

    My absolute favorite piercing ever, my vertical helix!!!

    Not only do they have the best and biggest selection in jewelry in the 209, they have the cutest shop ever and the piercers are absolutely amazing. They are kind, knowledgeable and very helpful. I got my vertical helix piercing done by Gabi and it is by far my favorite piercing. The only problem you will face in this piercing shop is deciding what jewelry to place in your piercing. You can easily spend an hour just looking and trying to narrow down your choice.

    They remind you to take a picture of aftercare sheet.

    Inside and out this place is pink. The fence makes it easy to find. Easy parking lot to park in. The themed rooms are fun. My piercer was Gabi. She was Soo polite and had me breathe through the important parts of being pierced. Make sure to follow their Instagram for deals!

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    My daughter and I get all our piercings from this shop. It's super cute and they have great deals every single day.

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    The quality of their jewelry left my daughter and myself with infections. We removed within 2 weeks. Waste of money!

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    Emerald Tattoo & Piercing - Lodi - Piercing by Kat

    Emerald Tattoo & Piercing - Lodi

    4.4(480 reviews)
    10.0 mi
    $

    Kat was so great! So professional and kind. She made sure both my kids were ready and talked them…read morethrough each step. She was quick and efficient. Best piercer!

    Never get your piercings here is an understatement. In November, I got three piercings: belly/navel…read morepiercing, "helix," and conch. Costing me around $100 (without tip). Cheryl pierced my belly button without informing me know that I didn't have the ring anatomy to support a belly button piercing. I thought I was healing fine until the around May/June. I started noticing more crust build up even with regularly cleaning. I also didn't wear clothing that fit the belly area super tight. I had gone to a different and apparently more well informed piercing shop (not Emerald) and they broke the news to me. I went in under the impression that my piercing needed to be downsized because the swelling had gone down but instead I was told that my body was rejecting the jewelry because I didn't have the right anatomy for it. Then my jewelry was inspected by the shop and there were signs that the jewelry was poor quality, inadequate for body jewelry. Now I have scarring on my belly, money loss, and eight months wasted. When I was getting pierced Cheryl was training a new piercer. She should not be training and should get her license reevaluated. The reason helix is in quotations is because my helix piercing was also pierced at a bad location, it was closer to a flat piercing than a helix. Both my helix and conch piercing were removed because it was infected due to jewelry quality. Spark Notes: Please please please go to a better shop to get your piercings, jewelry is about one of the most important part of a PIERCING and even that was cheap, poor, and inadequate. Do NOT come here because its cheaper, that lead to potentially permanent scarring on my belly. - CHEAP JEWELRY - POORLY TRAINED STAFF (DIDN'T INFORM ME THAT MY I DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT ANATOMY FOR A PIERCING AND JUST PIERCED IT ANYWAYS, MY PIERCING WAS FLOATING) Avoid this place at all costs or end up like me and have scars everywhere. Getting my money back wouldn't even begin to make me feel better about this. This is such a big hit for me because I frequently wear clothing that shows my belly (hence why I got the piercing). Now I have a big ugly scar. THANKS.

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    Emerald Tattoo & Piercing - Lodi - Tattoo by JEN

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    Stockton Tattoo & Piercing

    Stockton Tattoo & Piercing

    3.2(11 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    $$$

    Came here in October 2020 for a tattoo of my pet that had just passed away. I was tattooed by who I…read morebelieve was the owner (I am having a blank on his name I'm so sorry) he was very kind and patient and nice to talk to. Almost two years later and I'm still very happy with it!

    3/24/25 at about 5pm (so they can remember me) me and my family came in for a nose and ear…read morepiercings. We were told there was no person there to pierce and i should of left after that was said but a young guy walked up and said he could. Went through the paper work process and something told me to ask his age and experience. To my surprise he was 17 years old with 1 year experience. Now yes as a full adult with kids I had my own reservations about allowing this kid yo pierce me but i was like its a needle how bad could this be. Had it been a stomach or other parts that needed more care I would of said no. This is in my opinion. Once set we went to the back and he had his table set up. I looked over at his table and felt like he was missing something. I asked him about the "tongs" (i don't know the proper term they use) but he said he doesn't use it as it gets in the way. He prefers to just stick the needle in and pull it out. After finding the spot i wanted, he told me to tell him to start. Needle went through no problem however after about a minute of him playing with my nose he figured he wasn't going to be able yo detach the needle from the earring. MY LUCK! Side eye. He proceeds to pull and twist my nose to get this needle again and still no success. He then asks can he pull everything out and just place the earring in. Unfortunately i say yes. He pushes the earring and guess what HE CANT PUSH IT THROUGH! I am sitting here trying to save face due yo my son being scared of getting his ears pierced. This is going horribly wrong and I blame myself. They also price all over the place! I was told $30 from someone on instagram and he said $50 in person. We ask for a manager they said no one was present. I told him i would leave a review and he should definitely go back to school for this. If u need any piercing please continue to JUST A POKE around a couple of corners. The place is soley focused on it.

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    Uptown Ink - Tattoo done by Caesar at uptown ink..

    Uptown Ink

    3.8(17 reviews)
    2.1 mi
    $$

    3/5 based on two experiences with two different artists. Please read both before you decide…read more When I first decided to get tatted, this is where I came. I got a semicolon and an infinity (yes I was very basic...) from Cesar. They were shit. The semicolon completely uneven and the infinity is as well because he tatted while he was pulling the skin. I will be getting the infinity covered up this summer. Alternatively, Dan Zapata is the bomb! He did both of the tats I shared to the page (The unreadable one is legible in the mirror so I can read it. It says "this too".) I got the first while he was working elsewhere in Stockton, and the second at Uptown in their new location. Overall, the place is clean, Dan is very friendly, and he makes sure you're getting exactly what you want, no matter how many times he has to re-place the outline. I HIGHLY recommend Dan. I can't say much for the other artist(s).

    At Uptown Ink, Cesar anxiously asks me again if I didn't want to split up the session…read more "I'm afraid you're going to make this into a bad experience." I hold firm and arrive on time for my appointment. "You didn't bring anybody with you?" "No... Was I supposed to?" "Well, girls usually bring somebody with them." He recounts the customers who bring 10 people with them and how he makes them rotate through the room. One tatt is a quote on my side and another is of two doves. I told him I wanted "cute doves" and he drew them for me. My one of a kind doveys. My piercer has no piercings. I inquire about them suspiciously. "I took them out cause I was a bouncer for a while and I didn't want anybody to be grabbing anything." Legitimate reason enough. Each cartilage piercing hurt more than the proceeding one: by the third one, I no longer felt the tattoos; by the fifth one I was mentally blowing off plans to gym later; by the sixth ring, I had decided, overdose or not, I am going to go home and drug myself with painkillers. To sum up the experience, in 2 hours, I had gotten 6 piercings and 2 tattoos for $240. Cheers, my friends, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. That brought my piercings up to 19. The artist and the piercer both told me I was going down in their books. I guess it was kind of nuts. I trust them with my tattoos and piercings and you can too.

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    Uptown Ink - Tattoo done by Caesar over at uptown ink in Stockton Ca

    Tattoo done by Caesar over at uptown ink in Stockton Ca

    Uptown Ink - Ceasar did my very first tattoo for my 18th birthday, he does such good work and they have very friendly staff! 5 stars ;D

    Ceasar did my very first tattoo for my 18th birthday, he does such good work and they have very friendly staff! 5 stars ;D

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