Piercing Wizard Podcast

Jordan Jones started out as Lola's apprentice, but look at him now he has been elected to the UKAPP's board of directors! Ryan sat down with Jordan on a recent trip to Glasgow and recorded an interview. They talk about how professional skills can help get your foot in the door, what you might get out of a piercing crash course, and positive motivations for learning and training. Lola also does a s...

Ryan and Lola give you a brief and terribly biased USA and UK perspective of the recent history of body piercing aftercare products. We'll start with medicine cabinet antiseptics and the ways they can irritate a healing piercing, then move on to the 90's which introduced us to a new generation of irritating chemicals. We'll eventually get to sea salt solutions and then sterile saline spray, which...

Mr. & Mrs. Piercing Wizard have entered the room. Lola and Ryan share their thoughts on the line between whimsical content and misinformation. Do followers understand what parts of the joke are not actual workplace practices? We also want to walk the slippery slope of piercing lubricants. What is appropriate for intact skin, for broken skin, for a puncture wound? Lets talk about the difference...

So, a world class athlete trains so hard that they make they Olympic team. Then, they perform so well they win a gold freakin' medal. But what are we all talking about? Her piercing, that some piercers don't like. Smiley piercings may have crossed your feed recently, what do you think about them? Well Lola (and to a lesser extent Ryan) have some thoughts on the subject that we are going to share w...

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today. Lola and Ryan talk about AI creeping its way into the piercing industry. Will it be an assistant, or a potential rival? We also circle back around to a topic brought up in episode 248 "is the all-gold business model sustainable". With gold prices at an all time high (and climbing) how does...

I can't recall where in the world I met Ricardo Miro, but in 2025 I saw him in no less than 3 different countries. He owns Perforart Piercing in San Juan Puerto Rico, but if you are a regular attendee at international piercing events he will be a familiar face worldwide. Ricardo started a career in body art helping to clean up around tattoo shops and made an impressive upward climb that took him t...

2025 felt like it was a month long, and here we are at the end. Lola and Ryan recap some highlights from the year as we answer your submitted questions. 12:30 - Advice for someone stuck in a shop with hazing. 24:00 - Concerns about the legitimacy of extreme body mod "certification". 28:45 - What advice do you wish you had gotten earlier in your career? 36:30 - Tips for someone attending...

Sound the horn, the Goss Horn!! Piercer Jonahan Goshorn comes on the show to tell his piercer tale. Jonathan started his new job in a piercing shop one week before the 2020 pandemic kicked off, he spent years doing the work to get better and move from apprentice to piercer. In 2023 I met Jonathan through the APP scholarship process and the conference it brought him to. We talk about how to find an...

Lola interviews Ryan(pba) about Precision Body Arts (PBA) turning 25 this year. Lots of trends have came and went in 25 years of piercing, lots of stumbles, lots of growth. Going from giving out a pager number up to fighting to stay relevant in a sea of online reviews, piercing has changed a lot and Ryan's shop has kept plugging along. We talk about some of the past, present, and future of piercin...

This PWP was recorded in front of a live studio audience (at the 2025 UKAPP conference in Nottingham). Ryan & Lola invite special guests Tais Fernandes and Becky Dill to come back on the show and talk about how to actually get things done. -Opening a studio. -The Bay Area Piercing Group and its long term impact on the piercing industry. -How to become an instructor. -How to write an effective...

Every piercing starts out with a little risk. The risks of our every day piercings can be reduced through education and experience, but what about when we're trying something new or trendy? Lola and Ryan discuss the risks that may come with rare piercings, piercing trends, or just experimentation and creativity. Celebrity finger piercings, Austin bar piercings (I didn't know what that was either i...

Nefarious Larratt is the child of BME (Body Modification E-Zine) creators and directors Shannon Larratt and Rachel Larratt. BME was hugely influential to the Body Art community, and has been sorely missed in its absence. Chances are, BME was your favorite piercers' favorite website, but it was so much more. Ryan & Lola really lucked out on this one. At the BMXNET 2025 conference in Berlin they...

Ryan and Lola tap dance on a land mine and discuss phase two of the APP's body jewelry verification program. This will be an on-going conversation between jewelers, piercers, and organizations, but we wanted to share some judgment-free information that has helped us get a grasp of where we are currently. We also talk about some potential issues related to single-use metal piercing instruments, the...

Ryan and Lola went to the 2025 APP Las Vegas Conference and all you got was this lousy podcast. We sat down in the mezz the day after conference wrapped up and recorded this short recap for you. The 2025 APP conference was a good year, not the biggest, but it was a good year of classes, jewelry, and fellowship. We hope your Post-Vegas-Depression or your FOMO is subsiding. Enjoy this podcast, drink...

Lola and Ryan are heading back to Las Vegas for the 2025 Association of Professional Piercers conference. They preview some of the classes they'll be instructing, how to make the most out of your week, and their new piercer merch (including an exclusive shirt just for patreon subscribers).

Lola and Ryan continue their road trip and answer your questions all about eyebrow piercings! -What is proper anatomy for an eyebrow piercing? -How deep do you go? -Marking & Placement. -Does it matter which direction you pierce in? -How can you tell if it will bruise? -What is up with these bumps? -Can you paralyze someone if you do it wrong? Interested in learning more about eyebrow piercing...

Body piercing is a job that requires a diverse set of skills. Sometimes piercers have side hustles, hobbies, interests, and auxiliary services they would like to bring in to their businesses. Where do those services live in a studio with limited space? Lola and Ryan talk about the risk versus reward of adding in services to a space that may not have been designed for it. Ryan has a new video about...

Nobody likes rejection, piercers especially. Lola and Ryan discuss a hard truth, sometimes piercings don't work out. We talk about some of the common factors that lead to piercings migrating or rejecting, if anything can be done to prevent or reverse it, and how to talk with clients about it. Enjoy. If you are interested in learning more about Dydoe piercings, Ryan has a new video available for yo...

Lola Slider is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow piercers. Soon Lola crosses paths with handsome new arrival Ryan Ouellette. Lola may let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Ryan. But seriously folks, we made an episode where we list 10 things we love about piercing. Ryan made a video about conch piercings, it showcases four different examples of pie...

I'm posting this episode on Lola's birthday! and that's totally why its the last day of the month, and not because I've been too busy to finish an episode. Lola and Ryan have a conversation based on another submitted question "how do you give feedback to jewelry companies?". Its a tricky subject, we try to discuss it without mysteriously vanishing. We also talk about gauge size and what...

Lola and Ryan kick off 2025 by talking about diversifying your platform. With the temporary (and possibly future) loss of tiktok many piercers learned the risks of focusing on one platform. We also answer a submitted question "how do you manage clients who aren't naughty enough to fire, but still make you dread their appointment?". We also talk about the 2025 conferences we'll be attendi...

Thanks for listening to yet another year of the Piercing Wizard Podcast. Ryan and Lola do a short recap of 2024 then get in to answering your submitted questions. Stay tuned for lots more in 2025! We answer the following questions: -What goes into writing a good piercing class? -Favorite piercings to do? -Favorite jewelry makers? -What helps with imposter syndrome? -What do you to during the &quot...

I first met Tais Fernandes in Germany, but they've also been a scholar in Las Vegas, they work and live in Sweden, and they are from Brazil. That is a wide perspective of the piercing community. I wanted to invite Tais to come on the show to talk about communication, volunteerism, and how to engage with clients in a small city. You can sign up or get more info about my February 2nd 2025 seminar in...

Cozmo returns 111 episodes later. Cozmo is a key volunteer behind the scenes of the Association of Professional Piercers. We talk about his work on the APP's membership committee, as an instructor with a focus on his classes covering bedside manner and studio security, and his work as a mentor. If you're looking for more Cozmo content you can check out his @DailyCozWerks channel on youtube and the...

Look out America, Lola is coming! It took over a year of paperwork to get it done, but Lola has a work visa to pierce in the United States. Ryan and Lola talk about the process and what the future holds. We also talk about why Lola declined a nomination for the APP board of directors election, and its not just because she's busy. Check out Ryan's new "half-adravya" at www.patreon.com/rya...