Dermal Piercings
We are one of the few studios in KZN, that specialize in dermal piercings and advanced body modifications, giving you that stylish edge you're looking for. With safety as our top priority & experienced artists, you can rest assured your experience will be safe & worthwhile. Stop by & let us help you show off your individual style today.
What is a dermal piercing
The term “dermal” covers several different types of jewellery but they are all a type of anchor that is embedded into the skin with a single hole to which jewellery heads can be attached.
Dermal anchors are a better choice than surface bars for piercing any area of skin where jewellery cannot be put straight through.
Unlike a standard cartilage or even belly button accessory, this is what’s known as a ‘single-point surface piercing’. This means its trickier to change, clean and care for because it doesn’t pierce through the skin, rather it’s embedded in and sits under the surface of the skin with a dermal anchor keeping it in place. In short it has one entry and no exit point.
Dermal anchors are a better choice than surface bars for piercing any area of skin where jewellery cannot be put straight through.
Unlike a standard cartilage or even belly button accessory, this is what’s known as a ‘single-point surface piercing’. This means its trickier to change, clean and care for because it doesn’t pierce through the skin, rather it’s embedded in and sits under the surface of the skin with a dermal anchor keeping it in place. In short it has one entry and no exit point.
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To book your Dermal Piercing appointment please fill in our booking via the link below, and our piercer will revert back to you to confirm your appointment.
Dermal Piercing Booking form
Alternatively, please also feel free to contact our piercer,
Bliancha, directly on whatsapp on 072 2115 595
Dermal Piercing Booking form
Alternatively, please also feel free to contact our piercer,
Bliancha, directly on whatsapp on 072 2115 595
Where can you get a dermal piercing
Which body parts can you actually get pierced?
Wherever you want. This piercing has no placement limits. You can even enhance a tattoo by adding dermal piercings to the design. Although there’s no placement limits to Dermal piercings, our piercer recommends taking your lifestyle into consideration before inserting a dermal in to areas which can be effected during your everyday tasks during the healing process.
What are Popular dermal piercing placements?
The neck, sternum, wrist and face are very popular choices for placement.
Wherever you want. This piercing has no placement limits. You can even enhance a tattoo by adding dermal piercings to the design. Although there’s no placement limits to Dermal piercings, our piercer recommends taking your lifestyle into consideration before inserting a dermal in to areas which can be effected during your everyday tasks during the healing process.
What are Popular dermal piercing placements?
The neck, sternum, wrist and face are very popular choices for placement.
What does a dermal piercing cost
Our dermal piercings start at R550 each
How is a dermal pierced
Normally dermal piercings are performed using a dermal or biopsy punch. This removes a small circle of skin and creates a single hole that the t anchor bar can be slid into. Your piercer will mark a small dot where the piercing will sit and then create a single hole using the dermal punch. They will then slide the t bar into the piercing and screw in the head attachment. Your dermal may bleed a little but no more than a “normal” piercing.
Dermal Jewellery
Dermal anchors are made of 2 separate parts - a t shaped back and a screw head. Almost all dermal anchors are 14g sized but some may be internally threaded and other heads may be externally threaded depending on brands. It's important if your piercing is somewhere that it is likely to get caught that you buy heads which are as flat as possible for daily wear as this will help prevent it getting ripped out. You'll also want to avoid wearing any heads which are too heavy for long periods as this can cause your piercing to migrate or eventually pull out. There are many different top attachments available for dermals including flat disks, gems, balls, rings, spikes, and shaped tops. You want to avoid leaving your dermal without a top as it is flush with the skin surface and may allow the skin to grow over.
Does a dermal piercing (transdermal implant) hurt?
Many say it’s not more painful than any other piercing. But, this is much more dependent on where on your body you get pierced (ie your neck? Your chest?) As it’s to do with a number of factors, like sensory nerve distribution, the thickness of your dermis layer etc.
Does a dermal piercing (transdermal implant) hurt?
Many say it’s not more painful than any other piercing. But, this is much more dependent on where on your body you get pierced (ie your neck? Your chest?) As it’s to do with a number of factors, like sensory nerve distribution, the thickness of your dermis layer etc.
Dermal healing time
Dermal piercings have a similar healing time to most piercings (about 2-3 months) and it's important not to change the heads during that time as it may disturb the healing process.
You want to leave it alone as much as possible and avoid rotating, turning, or disturbing the jewellery.
You want to leave it alone as much as possible and avoid rotating, turning, or disturbing the jewellery.
How to look after your dermal
Healing a dermal is much like any other piercing. You want to leave it alone as much as possible and avoid rotating, turning, or disturbing the jewellery.
When you first get a dermal piercing, you need to care for it like it’s your offspring as these piercings are easy to snag, bump and tug, which can hurt and increase the risk of migration or rejection.
It’s worth noting that even if you get through the initial months of cleaning and looking after your dermal that over time your body may still reject it. You’ll know this is happening because it will slowly be ejected from the skin. But, to ensure it lasts as long as possible keep it (and yourself) clean, use things like antibacterial soap to wash your hands before handling it. Maintain a good and hygienic routine, like showering, eating healthy and sleeping, and your body will fill in the rest of the healing. Essentially a dermal piercing is a surgical incision so take appropriate care of it.
Consider buying a saline solution mist or liquid that you can dab on twice a day with a cotton bud and blot dry with a paper towel.
We recommend utilising breathable silver healing plasters to cover your dermal whilst it is in its initial healing stage, this helps to secure the dermal in place and allows the dermal to anchor.
When you remove your plaster to clean your dermal piercing, It should be cleaned using a simple saltwater solution (a non- iodated sea salt solution - 1 teaspoon non iodated coarse sea salt to ½ a cup of boiled and cooled water).
This can be used on your dermal piercing site, 2 -3 times a day, as a therapeutic soak for 7-15 minutes.
The healing process is a tricky mistress and so problems can arise even when you’ve been extra specially careful. If a crust (or lymph) forms on the surface of the piercing all you have to do is soak a cotton bud in saline water and soften it until you can gently wipe it away with a piece of clean paper towel.
Allow the dermal site to breathe and dry correctly, for an hour, before applying a new plaster.
Do not use hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, or alcohol on your piercing as it can damage the piercing and delay healing.
The dermal bar has small holes in it which allow the skin to grow through and around the piece. This anchors it into your skin. If you move or disturb this that skin does not grow through properly and the anchor will not be held securely. This means that if you try and change the head it may come out or be easily pulled out by accident. It can also cause scar tissue to form.
If you exercise or play on a sports team you should be extra careful. We recommend wearing a breathable bandage and loose clothing that doesn’t put pressure on the piercing.
When you first get a dermal piercing, you need to care for it like it’s your offspring as these piercings are easy to snag, bump and tug, which can hurt and increase the risk of migration or rejection.
It’s worth noting that even if you get through the initial months of cleaning and looking after your dermal that over time your body may still reject it. You’ll know this is happening because it will slowly be ejected from the skin. But, to ensure it lasts as long as possible keep it (and yourself) clean, use things like antibacterial soap to wash your hands before handling it. Maintain a good and hygienic routine, like showering, eating healthy and sleeping, and your body will fill in the rest of the healing. Essentially a dermal piercing is a surgical incision so take appropriate care of it.
Consider buying a saline solution mist or liquid that you can dab on twice a day with a cotton bud and blot dry with a paper towel.
We recommend utilising breathable silver healing plasters to cover your dermal whilst it is in its initial healing stage, this helps to secure the dermal in place and allows the dermal to anchor.
When you remove your plaster to clean your dermal piercing, It should be cleaned using a simple saltwater solution (a non- iodated sea salt solution - 1 teaspoon non iodated coarse sea salt to ½ a cup of boiled and cooled water).
This can be used on your dermal piercing site, 2 -3 times a day, as a therapeutic soak for 7-15 minutes.
The healing process is a tricky mistress and so problems can arise even when you’ve been extra specially careful. If a crust (or lymph) forms on the surface of the piercing all you have to do is soak a cotton bud in saline water and soften it until you can gently wipe it away with a piece of clean paper towel.
Allow the dermal site to breathe and dry correctly, for an hour, before applying a new plaster.
Do not use hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, or alcohol on your piercing as it can damage the piercing and delay healing.
The dermal bar has small holes in it which allow the skin to grow through and around the piece. This anchors it into your skin. If you move or disturb this that skin does not grow through properly and the anchor will not be held securely. This means that if you try and change the head it may come out or be easily pulled out by accident. It can also cause scar tissue to form.
If you exercise or play on a sports team you should be extra careful. We recommend wearing a breathable bandage and loose clothing that doesn’t put pressure on the piercing.
dermal removal or rejection
What if it falls out or rejects?
If your dermal piercing becomes displaced, the piercing can be fixed as long as you act fast!
If your dermal piercing comes out it can often be replaced right back into the original hole if you get it back in immediately. Depending on the amount of damage and reason that it came out you may have to let the area heal up again first and have it re-pierced. the piercing site will need to be assessed, and a decision will be made to reduce the risk of infection where your skin has been damaged from it being ripped out.
If you want it removed our piercer can take it out easily using special tools. you will likely have a small scar where the dermal was after it is removed.
What do I do if my dermal piercing (transdermal implant) gets infected?
All infections should be medically treated by a Doctor.
If it’s just a little red, dedicate a little more time to your aftercare and it should start healing.
Dermal piercing removal - how does it work?
It's not a complicated procedure, but it does involve what could be described as minor surgery.
Our piercer will Massage the surrounding skin to help dislodge the anchor, then will utilize a scalpel or needle to make a small incision relative to the size of the anchor base.
She will then use the needle or scalpel to remove any scar tissue that has formed around the anchor. Once the scar tissue has been removed, the piercer will Use forceps to pull the anchor out of the skin.
Does a dermal piercing leave scars once removed?
Some people are more sensitive to scarring than others. If you have a family history of keloids, which is an overgrowth of scar tissue, then this is not the piercing for you.
However, if it’s a hypertrophic scar (flatter, smaller scars in nearish the same colour as your complexion) then you can apply Elastoplast wound healing ointment and coconut oil after the piercing has been removed to shrink the scar down. However, if you don’t want to scar, make sure wound is kept clean.
If your dermal piercing becomes displaced, the piercing can be fixed as long as you act fast!
If your dermal piercing comes out it can often be replaced right back into the original hole if you get it back in immediately. Depending on the amount of damage and reason that it came out you may have to let the area heal up again first and have it re-pierced. the piercing site will need to be assessed, and a decision will be made to reduce the risk of infection where your skin has been damaged from it being ripped out.
If you want it removed our piercer can take it out easily using special tools. you will likely have a small scar where the dermal was after it is removed.
What do I do if my dermal piercing (transdermal implant) gets infected?
All infections should be medically treated by a Doctor.
If it’s just a little red, dedicate a little more time to your aftercare and it should start healing.
Dermal piercing removal - how does it work?
It's not a complicated procedure, but it does involve what could be described as minor surgery.
Our piercer will Massage the surrounding skin to help dislodge the anchor, then will utilize a scalpel or needle to make a small incision relative to the size of the anchor base.
She will then use the needle or scalpel to remove any scar tissue that has formed around the anchor. Once the scar tissue has been removed, the piercer will Use forceps to pull the anchor out of the skin.
Does a dermal piercing leave scars once removed?
Some people are more sensitive to scarring than others. If you have a family history of keloids, which is an overgrowth of scar tissue, then this is not the piercing for you.
However, if it’s a hypertrophic scar (flatter, smaller scars in nearish the same colour as your complexion) then you can apply Elastoplast wound healing ointment and coconut oil after the piercing has been removed to shrink the scar down. However, if you don’t want to scar, make sure wound is kept clean.