Man's Ruin Tattoo & Piercing

1085 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805

Man's Ruin Tattoo & Piercing is an all-female staffed studio in Asheville, North Carolina, established in 2000 and voted one of the best tattoo/piercing studios in Western North Carolina for 21 years. The shop is appointment-only and offers custom tattooing as well as the option to bring your own design. Located in East Asheville inside an art deco building near the WNC Nature Center and minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway, the studio is small and quaint, with a private tattoo room featuring natural light and a private, relaxing piercing room.

The front room houses the largest and most diverse body jewelry selection in the region, including implantation-grade 14k gold, titanium, and steel, alongside glass, bone, horn, and precious and semi-precious stone pieces, plus stained glass made in-house and organic soaps and lotions from a local artisan. Sterilization is taken seriously, with a dedicated clean room featuring a spore-tested autoclave and fully disposable tattoo equipment. The team is professional, clean, CPR and First Aid certified, and has been featured in magazine publications, offering a personal, individualized experience for every client who visits.