Safe, Professional Piercings at Cherry Bomb Studio NYC

Expert needle piercing in a clean, inclusive environment. Walk-ins welcome. Book an appointment today!

Why Get Pierced at Cherry Bomb?

Needle Piercing Only. No piercing guns, ever.

Expert Piercers. Our artists are trained in sterile, precision piercing techniques.

High-Quality Jewelry. We only use implant-grade titanium, solid gold, and hypoallergenic metals.

Inclusive & Queer-Owned. We welcome everyone in a safe, judgment-free space.

Walk-Ins Welcome or book online!

Meet Our Expert Piercers

Piercing Services & Pricing

All prices include standard implant-grade titanium jewelry. Solid gold and other upgrades available.

  • Ear Piercings

    Ear Piercings

    Includes Ear lobe, Helix, Conch, Tragus, Forward Helix, Rook, Faux Rook, Flat/Scapha, Daith, & Anti-tragus

    Average healing time:
    Ear Lobe: 3-4 months
    Ear Cartillage: 6–9 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Piercing: $90.00
    Two Piercings: $160.00

  • Nose Piercings

    Nose Piercings

    Includes Nostril & Septum

    Average healing time:
    Nostril: 6–9 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Nostril: $90.00
    Two Nostrils: $160.00
    Septum: $115.00

  • Lip Piercings

    Lip Piercings

    Includes Philtrum, Labret, & Lip

    Average healing time:
    Lip: 3–4 months
    Labret: 3–4 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Piercing: $90.00
    Two Piercings: $160.00

  • Tongue Piercings

    Tongue Piercings

    Please note, we do NOT do any horizontal tongue piercings such as a scoop or snake eyes.

    Average healing time:
    2-4 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Piercing: $140.00
    Two Piercings: $270.00

  • Nipple Piercings

    Nipple Piercings

    Average healing time:
    8-12 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Piercing: $110.00
    Two Piercings: $200.00

  • Eyebrow Piercings

    Eyebrow Piercings

    Average healing time:
    3-4 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    One Piercing: $115.00
    Two Piercings: $170.00

  • Navel Piercings

    Average healing time:
    6-12 months

    Minimum Pricing:
    $125.00

Jewelry Selection
High-Quality & Safe Materials–Jewelry You Can Trust

Only Implant-Grade Titanium & Solid Gold

Hypoallergenic, Nickel-Free, Safe for Healing

Hand-Selected from Trusted Brands

Upgrades Available: Anodization, Diamonds, Unique Designs

Need help picking jewelry?
Our piercers can guide you!

PIERCING AFTERCARE

  • • Packaged sterile saline is a gentle choice for piercing aftercare. Mixing your own sea salt solution is no longer a suggested practice from the APP.

    • We strongly encourage you to use a sterile saline labeled for use as a wound wash. Contact lens saline, eye drops, and other saline products should never be used on a body piercing. Your saline ingredients should list .09% sodium chloride as the only ingredient.

    • Mixing your own sea salt solution will commonly result in the product being far too salty and strong, this can over dry the piercing and interfere with healing.

  • • WASH your hands thoroughly prior to cleaning or touching your piercing for any reason.

    • SALINE rinse as needed during healing. For certain placements it may be easier to apply using clean gauze saturated with saline solution. A brief rinse afterward will remove any residue.

    • If your piercer suggests using soap, gently lather around the piercing and rinse as needed. Avoid using harsh soaps, or soaps with dyes, fragrances, or triclosan.

    • RINSE thoroughly to remove all traces of the soap from the piercing. It is not necessary to rotate the jewelry through the piercing.

    • DRY by gently patting with clean, disposable paper products because cloth towels can harbor bacteria and snag on jewelry, causing injury.

  • • Initially: some bleeding, localized swelling, tenderness, or bruising.

    • During healing: some discoloration, itching, secretion of a whitish-yellow fluid (not pus) that will form some crust on the jewelry. The tissue may tighten around the jewelry as it heals.

    • Once healed: the jewelry may not move freely in the piercing; do not force it. If you fail to include cleaning your piercing as part of your daily hygiene routine, normal but smelly bodily secretions may accumulate.

    • A piercing may seem healed before the healing process is complete. This is because tissue heals from the outside in, and although it feels fine, the interior remains fragile. Be patient, and keep cleaning throughout the entire healing period.

    • Even healed piercings can shrink or close in minutes after having been there for years! This varies from person to person; if you like your piercing, keep jewelry in—do not leave it empty.

  • Wash your hands prior to touching the piercing; leave it alone except when cleaning. During healing it is not necessary to rotate your jewelry

    • Exercise during healing is fine; listen to your body.

    • Make sure your bedding is washed and changed regularly. Wear clean, comfortable, breathable clothing that protects your piercing while you are sleeping.

    • Showers tend to be safer than taking baths, as bathtubs can harbor bacteria. If you bathe in a tub, clean it well before each use and rinse off your piercing when you get out.

  • • Avoid cleaning with alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, antibacterial soaps, iodine, or any harsh products, as these can damage cells. Also avoid ointments as they prevent necessary air circulation.

    • Avoid Bactine®, pierced ear care solutions, and other products containing Benzalkonium Chloride (BZK). These can be irritating and are not intended for long-term wound care.

    • Avoid over-cleaning. This can delay your healing and irritate your piercing.

    • Avoid undue trauma such as friction from clothing, excessive motion of the area, playing with the jewelry, and vigorous cleaning. These activities can cause the formation of unsightly and uncomfortable scar tissue, migration, prolonged healing, and other complications.

    • Avoid all oral contact, rough play, and contact with others’ bodily fluids on or near your piercing during healing.

    • Avoid stress and recreational drug use, including excessive caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol.

    • Avoid submerging the piercing in unhygienic bodies of water such as lakes, pools, hot tubs, etc. Or, protect your piercing using a waterproof wound sealant bandage. These are available at most drugstores and work best for nipple, navel, and surface piercing placements.

    • Avoid all beauty and personal care products on or around the piercing including cosmetics, lotions, and sprays, etc.

    • Don’t hang charms or any object from your jewelry until the piercing is fully healed.

    • Sleeping directly on a healing cartilage piercing can cause irritation, even causing shifts in the piercing’s angle. Placing a travel pillow, on top of your pillow, and then placing your ear in the opening can be helpful to avoid this

FOR PARTICULAR AREAS

  • • A hard, vented eye patch (sold at pharmacies) can be applied under tight clothing (such as nylon stockings) or secured using a length of elastic bandage around the body (to avoid irritation from adhesive). This can protect the area from restrictive clothing, excess irritation, and impact during physical activities such as contact sports.

  • • Use the t-shirt trick: Dress your pillow in a large, clean t-shirt and turn it nightly; one clean t-shirt provides four clean surfaces for sleeping.

    • Maintain cleanliness of telephones, headphones, eyeglasses, helmets, hats, and anything that contacts the pierced area.

    • Use caution when styling your hair and advise your stylist of a new or healing piercing.

  • • The support of a tight cotton shirt or sports bra may provide protection and feel comfortable, especially for sleeping.

  • • Genital Piercings – especially Triangles, Prince Alberts, Ampallangs, and Apadravyas – can bleed freely for the first few days. Be prepared. Additional cleaning after urination is not necessary

    • Wash your hands before touching on (or near) a healing piercing.

    • In most cases you can engage in sexual activity as soon as you feel ready, but maintaining hygiene and avoiding trauma are vital; all sexual activities should be gentle during the healing period.

    • Use barriers such as condoms, dental dams, and waterproof bandages, etc. to avoid contact with your partners’ body fluids, even in long-term monogamous relationships.

    • Use clean, disposable barriers on sex toys.

    • Use a new container of water-based lubricant; do not use saliva.

    • After sex, an additional saline rinse is suggested.

HINTS AND TIPS

  • • Unless there is a problem with the size, style, or material of the initial jewelry, leave it in the place for the entire healing period. See a qualified piercer to perform any jewelry change that becomes necessary during healing. See the the member locator to locate an APP member, or to request a copy of our Picking Your Piercer brochure.

    • Contact your piercer for a non-metallic jewelry alternative if your metal jewelry must be temporarily removed (such as for a medical procedure).

    • Leave jewelry in at all times. Even healed piercings that you have had for years can shrink or close in minutes! If removed, reinsertion can be difficult or impossible. See the APP brochure Preparing for Medical and Dental Procedures for more information.

    • With clean hands or paper products, be sure to regularly check threaded and threadless ends on your jewelry for tightness.

    • Should you decide you no longer want the piercing, simply remove the jewelry (or have a professional piercer remove it) and continue cleaning the piercing until the hole closes. In most cases only a small mark should remain.

    • In the event an infection is suspected, quality jewelry or an inert alternative may be left in place to allow for drainage of the infection, if approved by your physician. On rare occasion, when the jewelry is removed, the surface cells close up, which can seal the infection inside the piercing channel and result in an abscess. Until an infection is cleared up, discuss with your physician if you should leave in quality jewelry or an appropriate substitute.

Frequently asked questions

GENERAL QUESTIONS

  • We are located at 231 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002.​

  • Our hours are:​

    • Monday – Thursday: 12 pm – 8 pm​

    • Friday – Sunday: 12 pm – 11 pm​

    Please note that walk-in hours end 30 minutes before closing.​

  • Yes, we accept walk-ins daily.​

  • We are a cash-only shop. Individual artists may accept other payment methods such as credit cards, Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App. Please confirm with your artist before your appointment.​

TATTOO SERVICES

  • Our shop minimum for tattoos is $150.​

  • The process includes:​

    1. Consultation: Discuss your ideas with our artists to bring your vision to life.​

    2. Design: Our artists create a custom design based on your input.​

    3. Tattoo Session: Once the design is finalized, we'll proceed with the tattooing.

  • Yes, we accept walk-ins daily.​

  • Our artists specialize in various styles, including:​

    • Nostalgic, surreal, black & grey​

    • Neotraditional with vibrant colors​

    • Floral, fineline, illustrative, script​

    • Blackwork, traditional, experimental​

    • Cute, sexy, feminine designs

  • • Make sure to eat well and be hydrated.

    • DO NOT come drunk to the appointment; if you do, I will turn you away, and you will lose the deposit.

    • Make sure to clear your schedule for the day to ensure enough time to work on your piece in case any inconveniences occur.

    • Try not to wear any heavy lotions on the part of your body you’re getting tattooed.

    • Make sure to bring comfortable clothes and clothing that will allow easy access to the area we will tattoo.

PIERCING SERVICES

  • We offer a variety of piercings. Please check here for specific options.

  • The process includes:​

    1. Consultation: Discuss your ideas with our artists to bring your vision to life.​

    2. Design: Our artists create a custom design based on your input.​

    3. Tattoo Session: Once the design is finalized, we'll proceed with the tattooing.

  • Prices vary depending on the type of piercing and jewelry selected. Please check here for specific pricing.​

  • We use titanium labret posts, straight barbells, captive bead hoops, and curved barbells with long posts for fresh piercings.

    For most piercings a flat back labret is the appropriate jewelry, but some exceptions are septum, eyebrows, navel, and daith.

    We have an assortment of interchangeable titanium, yellow gold, and white gold ends for you to customize the look of your new piercing.Item description

  • Once the piercing heals, you can change the jewelry to a hoop or whatever you want!

    It's worth the wait, trust us.

    Changing the jewelry too soon, or by yourself, can cause new trauma and cause the piercing to swell and restart the healing process.

  • After the swelling subsides, the longer post is no longer helpful as it can now catch on things, put pressure on the piercing, and cause new trauma.

    We recommend you come in and have the jewelry switched to a shorter post so that the jewelry fits snuggly to the skin.

  • We only pierce with jewelry purchased in our store so we can guarantee the quality and ensure you have the best possible outcome. For Jewelry changes, we allow outside jewelry only if the piercing is fully healed and healthy (this is up to the discretion of the piercer on duty).

  • For all body piercings you must be 18+ with a valid ID showing date of birth, photo, and name.

    In addition, we perform the following piercings on underage folks:

    • 16+: Advanced cartilage piercings (Industrial, rook, tragus, daith, forward helix, etc.) and septums

    • 14+: Basic ear (flat, helix) and nostril

    • 10+: Lobes

    If you are under 18, make sure to come with your parent/guardian and that they bring a valid ID.

  • We do not offer these at this time.

  • We do a limited selection of genital piercings. Please call us to schedule a consultation as all genital piercings are incredibly anatomy dependent. We will assess and let you know what piercings are possible!

TOOTH GEM SERVICES

  • No, applying tooth gems over veneers isn't possible due to the nature of the veneers themselves. However, we can apply gems to natural teeth.

  • We guarantee 3 months here at Cherry Bomb, but many of our clients have them on for 1-2 years and even longer. The longevity of tooth gems varies based on individual care and habits. Proper oral hygiene can help maintain them longer.​

BOOKING AND POLICIES

  • You can book an appointment through our website or contact us directly. For same-day or next-day services, walk-ins are welcome without an appointment.​

  • We require at least 24 hours' notice for cancellations. Being more than 15 minutes late or giving less than 24 hours' notice to reschedule can result in a forfeited appointment.

ACCESSIBILITY

  • Our store has one step up to enter, but we have a portable wheelchair ramp available. However, our restroom isn't wheelchair accessible.