Accent Tattoo & Piercing

Simply put, this place is The Shit. The staff were super helpful and friendly. I came in with a vague idea of what I wanted , " Good Girl" in a girly script and Gwenn delivered like a boss. She was so sweet and had tons of cool stories. I will definitely be back!

I grew up in Ukiah.  I came to Accent to get my industrial piercing and my tongue pierced, I think Adam did both of those.  I also got my first tattoo done here by Jody (a set of stars on my chest).  Needless to say I have been back to Jody for two more (a large dragon w/ lotus on my back and bows on the back of my thighs) and have every intention of being back for others as well.  Jody does excellent color work!  3 out of 4 tattoos I have were done here.  Have I mentioned I no longer live in Ukiah?  I moved to Aurora, Colorado over 6 years ago and I still love getting my ink done here.  I highly recommend this shop!!

I lived in Ukiah for my teen-aged years and once I left, this shop was one of the main things I missed about the area. Once I set foot in other places to get more piercings, I realized at once that I had taken this shop entirely for granted. Let me elaborate--

PIERCING: I've gotten several piercings here: an industrial, a cartilage piercing, and two lobe piercings. The Industrial and lobes were done by Adam, I think, and the lobes by the younger guy (I don't know his name). I really appreciate Adam's expertise--he's been piercing for over twenty years, I think, and it really shows up in his work. I only have one issue with my lobe piercings, but it's my own fault (they are closer to my first lobe piercings than I hoped, but he asked me if they were OK before he did it and  I said they were. My fault).

TATTOO: I got my first tattoo here, and I'm heading back up that way (150 miles out of the way) to do my second. The artists are all talented and friendly. While I was getting mine done, the artist, Jody, was happy to explain the process and tell me what was going on. Also, I didn't have an appointment when I came to get my tat done, but they made sure I knew they were happy to squeeze me in.

One more good thing I have to say about Accent; HYGIENE! These people really take hygiene seriously. I'm pretty sure all of the piercing and tattoo equipment is one-time use, and ALL of the hardware like earrings and such are all sterilized to the highest possible level using some kind of pressurized contraption that is the latest technology (sorry, I forget what it's called). While being taken care of there, the employees are always changing their rubber gloves in order to keep things sterile. One place I went to in Berkeley didn't change their gloves when we came in, she pierced four of us, then left THE SAME gloves on for the next group of people. That's kind of unacceptable. My point is that Accent cares.

Re-reading this I realize it looks like I'm just an employee plugging for the shop, but I swear, I'm just passionate about this sweet little company. Happy body mod!