Starr Ellis at Nine Moons Piercing, 123 Lafayette St.; 646-891-7907; ninemoonspiercing.com
Those with especially low pain thresholds (or particularly bad needle phobia) should see Starr Ellis. She’s known for coaching clients (many of whom come to her for piercings in sensitive areas, like the inner ear or nipple) through the skin-punching process. Broadway performer Lana Gordon calls her the “piercing whisperer.” “What’s great about Starr is it’s not painful at all,” Gordon says. “Before a piercing, you always think, Oh my God, it’s gonna hurt, but she makes it feel so, so easy.” Gordon has had her lobe and helix pierced by Ellis (from $40) as well as her nipple. Ellis “made sure that I knew exactly what kind of pain I might experience,” she says. “There was a little bit of a pinch, but it was just ‘Breathe in, breathe out,’ then she goes, ‘We’re done.’ And you’re like, ‘What, really?’ She’s just incredible.” After such a smooth experience, Gordon wanted to pierce her bellybutton next, but after a consultation, she decided against it. “She told me I probably don’t have the right amount of skin,” Gordon says. “There are some piercers that probably would do it, but if she sees something that is not pierceable, she will not pierce it just for the sake of making money.”
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