If you're shopping around for body jewelry, you're going to find a lot of difference in the pricing- 'cheap' and not-so-cheap. Here's some of the reasons why:
The BEST jewelry is internally threaded jewelry- the threading, to connect the 'ball' to the 'post', is actually attached to the ball and NOT to the post- and it's far more expensive to produce. Why is it better? Because it causes less trauma to your piercing when it's inserted! Less trauma means your piercing(s) may heal more quickly. Think of it like this: After you've gotten the actual piercing(s), do you really want to have something with a serated edge to be inserted through the fresh hole(s)? Probably not.
The manufacturing of internally threaded jewelry is much more difficult, requires more expertise and is more costly- this means that the companies who use this method are more concerned with quality than with profits. Internally threaded jewelry, because of better manufacturing, usually lasts longer- so you save money, in the long run.
All of our steel jewelry is implant-grade surgical steel (316LVM or higher!). This is important! Using inferior quality jewelry can cause your piercing to 'reject' (the jewelry) and/or get infected! Do you really want a piece of jewelry in your piercing that ISN'T implant-grade? Especially while it's healing? Probably not. Ask your piercer if the jewelry is implant-grade; if it's not, or they don't know, you should think long, and hard, about buying it for an initial piercing. If you're considering using Gold jewelry, for an initial piercing, click here. If you are considering using Titanium, for an initial piercing, click here.
Everyone price-shops, but be informed! Saving $5-$10 and getting low-quality jewelry just isn't a 'good deal.'
We want to make sure that YOU, our client, get's the BEST piercing you can get, so we don't offer 'cheap' jewelry. We DO offer THE BEST PRICES ON INTERNALLY THREADED JEWELRY IN AUSTIN!
If we don't have what you need/want in stock, we'll order it for you! Special orders are quick and easy in most cases and we can even have custom jewelry made for you! Practically, the only limit to what we can get may be your own imagination.
Here is a list of the primary jewelry suppliers we use:
1. Industrial Strength
2. Anatometal
3. Neometal
