All statesPiercing ShopsNorth Carolina › Durham

Piercing Shops in Durham, NC

6 of the 19 tattoo shops we list in Durham have an in-house piercer offering body piercing. Google Maps can confirm a business does tattoos, but it has no field for whether a licensed piercer is on staff for body piercing — that detail lives on the shop's own booking page or service menu, not in map data. Every shop tagged here has piercing confirmed straight from its website, not guessed from a name like 'Ink & Steel.'

Bigblakes tattoo & piercing Piercing

2101 Holloway St, Durham, NC 27703-2215

Directions

Clarity Piercing PiercingAppointment only

313 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3215

+19192944479 Website Directions

Dogstar Tattoo Co. Walk-ins welcomePiercing

730 9th St, Durham, NC 27705-4803

🕒 Daily 11am-7pm

+19192865443 Website Directions

Dogstar Tattoo Company Walk-ins welcomePiercing

807 E Main St, Durham, NC 27701-3846

🕒 Daily 11am-7pm

+19196820000 Website Directions

Tattoo Asylum PiercingCover-upsCard accepted

4422 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704-1963

🕒 Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

+19194795058 Website Directions

Twisted Sixs Piercing

2610 W Carver St, Durham, NC 27705-2721

🕒 Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 11am-8pm, closed Wed, Sun 1pm onwards

+19192861602 Website Directions

Ask about needle vs. gun before you book. A reputable piercer uses a single-use sterile needle for cartilage, navel, and nipple work — a spring-loaded gun is fine for basic lobes but should raise a flag for anything else. Expect a 20-30 minute wait for a walk-in lobe piercing, longer if the spot needs numbing or a fresh aftercare rundown.

Also in Durham

More in Durham and North Carolina

Piercing Shops near Durham

Good to know

How much does a piercing cost at a tattoo shop?
Basic lobe or nostril piercings typically run $30-50 including jewelry, while cartilage, navel, or nipple piercings run $50-90 at most street shops. Higher-end studios using implant-grade titanium jewelry can charge $80-120 per piercing. Ask for an all-in total before you sit down, since jewelry and the piercing itself are often priced separately.

Do tattoo shops pierce ears on kids?
Many do, though policies vary — some pierce at any age with a parent present and signed consent, others set a minimum age of 8-10 for anything past the lobe. Mall kiosks like Claire's still dominate for very young kids, but a licensed piercer at a tattoo studio typically uses a safer single-use needle instead of a spring-loaded gun.