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Current Survey Results

Number of surveys to date: 3124

1. How did you learn to pierce? If more than one pertains to you please select the venue in which you received the bulk of your education.
an apprenticeship
64%    
workshop
  4%  
self-taught
  24%  
other
  4%  
2a. Do you offer apprenticeships? 2b. If so, for how long do they usually last?
Yes
  28%  
No
67%    
 
1 to 6 months
  6%  
6 months to 1 year
  15%  
1 to 2 years
  11%  
Over 2 years
  0%  
3. If you received an apprenticeship, how long did it last?
1 to 6 Months
  19%  
6 months to 1 year
  41%  
1 to 2 years
  11%  
Over 2 years
  4%  
4. On average, how many pairs of gloves do you use, from set up to clean up, to perform a piercing?
1
  6%  
2
  16%  
3
  41%  
4
  17%  
5 or More
  15%  
5. What product/s do you use to sanitize skin prior to: 5a. body/facial piercings? 5b. For Oral piercings?
Technicare
  45%  
Iodine based product
  0%  
Iodine + Alcohol
  0%  
Iodine + BZK
  0%  
other
  0%  
 
Listerine
51%    
Tech-2000
  16%  
Biotene
  10%  
Other Alcohol based rinse
  3%  
Other Alcohol FREE rinse
  13%  
6. What do you use to mark placement for: Body / Facial piercings? Oral piercings?
single use pen
  7%  
single use surgical marker
  21%  
multiple use pen or surgical marker
  20%  
single use, sterile toothpick and Gentian Violet
  46%  
 
single use pen or surgical marker
  7%  
multiple use pen or surgical marker
  21%  
sterilized toothpick and Gentian Violet
  20%  
7. In order to be pierced clients must:
be completely sober
  21%  
have eaten within 4 hours
  0%  
present proper identification
  3%  
all of the above
69%    
none of the above
  2%  
8. Do you use APP aftercare guidelines?
Yes
78%    
No
  18%  
9. How do you prepare jewelry for insertion into a fresh piercing?
cold soak
  6%  
bulk Autoclave + cold soak
  24%  
individually packaged and Autoclaved
62%    
Statim
  0%  
10. Do you insert externally threaded jewelry into fresh piercings?
Yes
52%    
No
  44%  
11. What other services, if any, are offered in your facility?
Tattoo
68%    
hair or beauty
  4%  
retail, other than piercing related
  8%  
scarification / branding
  7%  
12. How many employees, or contract workers are working in the PIERCING portion of your studio?
1
  48%  
2 - 3
  36%  
4 - 6
  8%  
7 or More
  3%  
13. Do you have a web site?
Yes
  31%  
No
65%    
14. Piercers are paid how?
commission
63%    
hourly
  9%  
salary
  6%  
salary or hourly + commission
  15%  
15. What is your personal gross annual income from piercing?
10,000-25,000
59%    
25,000-35,000
  16%  
35,000-45,000
  8%  
45,000+
  8%  
16. Do you provide or are you provided any of the following benefits? 16a. Medical insurance? 16b./Paid vacations? 16c./Bonuses?
Yes
  21%  
No
72%    
 
Yes
  18%  
No
75%    
 
Yes
  33%  
No
60%    
17. Jewelry is selected based on:
whatever the client wants
  8%  
the client's anatomy
68%    
standard size for the body part.
  19%  
available back-stock
  0%  
18.Do you pierce minors?
Yes
85%    
No
  12%  
19. If yes, do you require parental consent?
Yes
83%    
No
  6%  
20. How long have you been piercing professionally?
0 - 1 yr
  25%  
1 - 5 yrs
  36%  
5 - 10 yrs
  30%  
over 10 yrs
  5%  
21. What is the maximum number of piercings you would do on a person at one time?
1
  5%  
2 to 3
74%    
4 to 6
  9%  
6+
  6%  
22.Clients are provided with:
verbal aftercare suggestions
  3%  
written aftercare suggestions
  3%  
both a & b
88%    
neither a nor b
  1%  
23. Do you sell care products for piercings in your studio?
Yes
79%    
No
  18%  
 

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