Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome to Utopia Body Arts, please find below some general information about our studio and some answers to our FAQs. Check out our social media pages; FACEBOOK INSTA GOOGLE WHEN ARE YOU OPEN? Monday 12pm - 4pm Thursday 10am - 7pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10am - 6pm WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? We are located in Aberdeen City Centre at 15 McCombies Court, AB10 1AW - just across from the Marks and Spencer food hall entrance - please note their is no parking outside the studio, the closest parking will be in either the Bon Accord or Trinity Centre car parks. HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH? Phone us during business hours on 01224 679879 Email: info@utopiabodyarts.com CAN I JUST WALK IN? For piercings we do offer a walk in service however appointments are our preference and any pre-booked appointments will take priority. HOW DO I BOOK IN? When you book in we will ask for some personal details including your phone number, address and email address. Each appointment booked must pre-pay a deposit via the booking site. There is a jewellery fee on top of your piercing fee. Please don’t instantly think this means super expensive options are only available, we are very much a studio in which a standard piercing will always cost around about £44. HOW DO I BOOK A TATTOO? For tattoos you must pre-book your appointment. If you are unsure which of our artists would be suitable please contact Utopia directly via email or one of our social media channels or pop in past! If you are looking to have a consultation or make a booking with our tattoo artists, contact the artist directly. For Mesut Yulmi please email mesutyulmi@gmail.com, For Harris please direct message him on Instagram @harris_confess a BEFORE YOUR VISIT: If you are visiting us for a tattoo or a piercing, please eat something one hour before your appointment. Please do not apply any numbing cream for your appointment, if you turn up to your appointment with numbing cream applied this will classed as a missed appointment. Please do not use any fake tanning products for one week before your piercing or tattoo appointment; fake tan on the skin means it is not safe to pierce or tattoo you, and this will be considered a missed appointment, so your deposit will not be refunded/moved to a new appointment. Similarly, we cannot pierce or tattoo damaged skin, this includes sun burnt skin, so please bare this in mind for your appointment. ID AND AGE POLICY: Please make sure you have valid, in date, government approved ID. Age restrictions do apply for piercings, if you need to please check here for age restrictions. Tattoos are strictly 18+ WHAT JEWELRY DO YOU USE? The jewellery we use is strictly implant grade, we don’t take risks with cheap toxic jewellery found in many outlets nowadays, Titanium and Gold are our go to. We have mill certificates from the supplier at request for every piece of jewellery we sell. Our current suppliers are BVLA. Anatometal. Sacred symbols. Kiwi. Industrial Strength. We are also proud to be a part of the Stiletto Pro Team which means we are using some of the highest quality piercing equipment in the UK and have been recognised as one of the top ten premier uk piercing studios. You cannot bring your own piece of jewellery to be pierced with, we will only use our pre-sterilised high grade jewellery for an initial piercing. It’s not safe to put anything other than our pieces in at least until the piercing has fully healed. HOW MUCH IS THE PIERCING? Please click here for our current price list. For each appointment we require either a £10, £15, £20, £50 or £100 deposit and this is paid at the time of booking. This deposit is not refundable; and we do require 48 hours notice to reschedule your appointment. If you are a young person under 16 you will need to bring your parent for your piercing appointment, they will also need to have their driver’s license or passport with them and you will need a passport or Young Scot card, or a Citizen’s Card, which you can get online for around £15. Without both ID’s present we cannot perform the piercing and there will be a charge to pay as this will effectively be a missed appointment. DO YOU USE NEEDLES OR GUNS? We only use a needle for all body piercings, no guns are used to perform any piercing procedure. A sharp needle will cause less trauma to your piercing site and will promote a healthy piercing. Our body piercing aftercare adheres to APP safe piercing guidelines. You can check their aftercare advice here After your piercing or tattoo we will email you a full copy of your aftercare. We will also fully explain everything during your appointment.