Evolved Body Art Review, Prices, Services, Images

I’ve been to Evolved for several piercings, namely my navel and third lobe. After piercing my navel, they realized they had grabbed the wrong jewelry and put in a ring that I had not selected. They apologized but could not re-pierce it and I had to settle for jewelry other than the one I requested. Most recently, when piercing my third lobes, my piercer noticed he did them unevenly and told me he would have to redo my right lobe. While piercing it again (within minutes of the first attempt), he created a different hole in the front but went through the same hole in the back of my ear, causing it to be just as crooked as before. My piercing became extremely swollen and painful within 24 hours, likely due to the repeat trauma. When I noticed it was still crooked and went back to have it looked at by a different piercer, they seemed concerned about who had even done the first one as it looked so inflamed. They ultimately had to take the piercing out, though they gave me a voucher to get it redone for free once the holes had healed.

While letting my right ear heal, my left ear started to become increasingly irritated and painful despite ensuring I did not sleep or apply any pressure on it. A friend looked at it and noticed an unusual earring back that was so small in circumference it had fit through the hole in my ear and left an open sore that months later, has still not healed. It was almost as if I could pull the entire earring and its back out through the front of my ear. I went back to Evolved to see if they could change the back, and they were very rude and dismissive of me the entire time before letting me know they could only so do at an additional fee. They showed absolutely no concern for the results of their work and were almost stand-offish as if my own concerns were bothersome for them to even deal with.

While I also requested a refund for the first ear, as I do not plan on having it redone by them due to repeated failed piercing attempts, they told me they could not do refunds of any kind and my only choice is to re-pierce it. This is understandable, though I am disappointed in this policy as it applies here considering my concerns (alongside the piercing being removed) are because of way the piercing was done in the first place. I am also nervous to re-pierce here as I have had a myriad of negative experiences with their staff and my results. I would not suggest going here without doing extensive research on your piercer. I’m not sure how a simple lobe piercing could become so complicated to correct.

I scheduled an ear curation for my 17yo daughter. Holly was great to work with and really helped my daughter layout what would look best for her ears. Holly pierced my daughter’s conch and daith and helped her pick out some great jewelry! We highly recommend Holly who is at the 1980 N. High

Fantastic service! My friend and I went to get earlobe piercings done together and we both loved what we got. The staff there were very friendly and patient with us as we selected our earrings and made sure we were happy with the placings of the piercings.

Gonna be honest, I had a pretty bad experience when getting my tattoo. I’ve gotten all my piercings from this place and have had an amazing experience. They are clean, professional, and usually friendly.

However, I went in for my first tattoo with them and was clearly being overcharged. $150 for a small quote tattoo… the artist claimed the tattoo would take 1&1/2 hours when it would clearly only take him 10-15 minutes… I just felt like I was being taken advantage of when it came to the pricing. The artist would not show me his flash book of tattoos that would fit into my “budget”. I was threatened with having my non-refundable deposit forfeited when I decided that I no longer wanted to get tattooed by the guy…
Overall, it just wasn’t a great time nor environment. I would only go here if you want some flashy huge piece that the artists feel like is worth their time.

The photo attached is what I ended up getting instead of the quote since it wasn’t in my “budget”. $100 smiley face tattoo

I’ve been to Evolved twice for both a tattoo and piercing. I’ve had great experiences both times. Today I went for a walk in tattoo and they got me in within 30 minutes. The artist, Joe, was very kind and knowledgeable about what he was doing. My tattoo was finished within 15 minutes and I was out of there. It was a bit pricey for what I got done, but not only did I just walk in, it’s also Columbus which is pretty notorious for being expensive. I have no issues with the cost as that was what I was expecting but if you’re thinking about just walking in, be prepared to spend at least $200. All together, great place with good staff.