Body Manipulations has operated in San Francisco since 1989, earning recognition as the world's oldest professional piercing studio. Located on 16th Street, the shop is open for walk-in service every day from noon to 7pm and accepts cash, credit, and debit. Piercing work is led by owner Paul Stoll, who began piercing in 1989 and has been with the shop since 1996, alongside a team of dedicated jewelry specialists. The studio also runs its own jewelry production company, Goldfinger, offering seamless gold rings and wholesale accounts to other piercing studios.
On the tattoo side, the shop is home to Colin Stevens, tattooing since 1989 and specializing in large-scale Japanese pieces while also taking on more personal custom artwork; he works by appointment only and is typically booked out about a month. YoshiYuki Suzuki, a longtime collaborator from Sendai, Japan, also periodically tattoos in the shop. Body Manipulations provides thorough aftercare guidance for both piercings and tattoos, along with clear policies for minors seeking piercing services. The combination of decades of piercing expertise and skilled Japanese-style tattooing makes it a well-established fixture of San Francisco's body art scene.
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| Sunday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
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| Monday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Friday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
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