Chameleon Tattoo & Body Piercing

My friend and I came to Chameleon as walk-​ins to get tattoos in November, it was my first and her second. Matt was very nice and helped me draw up the idea that I had in mind. They fit us right in on a Tuesday afternoon, and both of our small tattoos only took about 10 minutes each and turned out super well. My only complaints would be 1) pretty steep and seemingly random prices, and 2) my tattoo is slightly shaky/​patchy in places, even after one free touchup. Overall, I’m really happy with the service and with my tattoo, but I will need to go get it touched up again soon and for the price I paid/​for a small tattoo, I really shouldn’t have to!

My friend and I decided to get our bellybuttons re-​pierced after many years of not using a piercing. We were both very nervous since we haven’t done anything like this in a long time, but off we went. I have been here before and trust them so we came here to get it done. My friend and I both agreed that Owen has got to be the most professional, calm, patient and zen like person we have ever come across. He talked us through the entire process and was so unbelievably calming I can’t even explain it. Seriously, he was just awesome and I really could not have asked for a better experience. The rest of the staff were great too, everyone was super polite and nice.

Worst shop I’ve ever been too in terms of customer service. If you like being treated like hot garbage by personnel, come here :-D !. Unprofessional, inconsiderate, overly priced. Had to wait over half an hour just for this lady to get back from the bank. It wasn’t even busy! I saw this lady come in that clearly looked like she worked there by the way she interacted with the workers and went into the back. I didn’t want to presume so I kept waiting to be called. 15 minutes passed and I get up ask if the lady from bank is back and she just said ‚” Yes.” And she continues doing stuff while she’s telling me this. Like why wouldn’t you tell me that? For a 70 $ nose piercing, that’s ridiculous. you’re better off going to Boston’s Tattoo. That’s where I ended.

I never want to go anywhere except Chameleon to get a piercing! Owen was beyond calm and patient, allowing three of us to be in the room together, and explaining everything about how he was doing the piercing, why he recommended a certain placement, etc. He has my full trust, and not only am very happy with my tragus and upper helix piercings, I have a very pleasant memory of the whole experience. Thanks Owen!

Stopped by last week looking for a walk-​in, but fifteen kids ran in right before my eyes. The lady who helped me at the desk (I forgot to ask your name!) was such a sweet person, really easy to talk to. I ended up scheduling an appointment with Jorge for today, and I was not disappointed. Came to him with some fairly vague ideas, he said «gimme a few minutes to sketch some ideas out,» and was back in less than fifteen minutes with an awesome design. He’s got such a steady hand and a real eye for detail. You rock Jorge, I’ll definitely be back!

Just went into Chameleon for the 4^th time and I think it will be my last. They’ve done 4 of my piercings and I’ve bought all my piercing jewelry there in the past. They have some awesome people — including a piercer named, I’m pretty sure, Owen, who is the best — but finally the rudeness of the woman who sells their jewelry has pushed me away forever. Every time I’ve gone in she seems super annoyed at her job, disinterested in answering questions, and is generally unwelcoming. Today while I was looking at earrings, she was outrageously rude to the woman behind me in line, basically mocking her for not knowing the different names of piercings, and laughing. As the woman looked at jewelry (some of it worth a fair amount of money) the worker sighed deeply and rolled her eyes. It bummed me out and I just said j was all set and left, and told the nice woman at the register that I was cancelling my appointment. Look, I work in customer service and it can be exhausting, so I’ve overlooked my not great interactions with her before. But I just didn’t feel throwing down a few hundred dollars on my day off to be in such a crappy atmosphere.

Went in today for a consultation on a forward triple helix piercing after seeing pictures on Pinterest. The piercer, Owen, who’ve I’ve seen many times told me that my ear shape made it so only one piercing would fit there. So nice to have the opinion of an expert! We changed the plan and decided to do a triple helix (or cartilage piercing instead). I could not be more happy with how it turned out! He was so patient and explained everything he did. He was so supportive and amazing, even though I got light headed, he knew all the right things to do! I left feeling totally confident about caring for my new piercings as well. He really is the master of this trade. I did have to wait for a while, but it was totally worth it. The wait is just because he never makes you feel rushed, he’s just taking care of whoever was in line before you. Be glad he’ll take his time and make you comfortable when it’s your turn! Again I cannot recommend Owen enough. I send all my friends to Chameleon!

Such good service!!! I got my micro dermal back piercings done here almost four years ago! Came out awesome and I love them :-)
I wish I remembered who did my piercings but it was a guy — was painful but that’s expected because they’re a deeper piercing to get but the guy was amazing, he talked me through it all, I was as relaxed as I could have been.
With certain piercings you really want to make sure you go to a good spot so I’m happy I came here! Was expensive but worth it! I think cost like $ 160 including tip

I got my 1^st tattoo done here by Jorge !!! he is amazingly good artist, I loved my ankle tattoo. Toady I got my back tattoo done by Jorge .To say the least Jorge is awesome!!!
These Guyz are super friendly !!! will recommend this place to everyone .Me to getting ready for my next tattoo.

I got my nose pierced, my first piercing other than my ears. Owen was kind, professional and very quick. Thanks to his good job and good care instructions my nose has healed perfectly. Place is a bit expensive but has a really good selection of jewelry.

I went as a walk-​in a few months back after I got stood up for a date. The store was busy, but since my tattoo wasn’t that large and not extremely complex Deirdre was able to take me. She was very helpful with her advice to decrease the size of the example I gave her. It’s definitely something I would not have thought about, so I’m very grateful she mentioned it to me.
I got this tattoo on my side so yes, it was a bit painful but she always made sure that I was comfortable and asked if I needed to take a break. She was also pleasant to talk to. I LOVED the final product. The price is very reasonable, especially for the quality, but then again I am not someone who would ever go to a tattoo shop just because their prices are cheap.
She gave me some healing advice which was a little different from advice I had gotten at another store, but as she said it would, my tattoo healed faster when I followed her advice.
Thanks Deirdre!

A little weird having to buy your jewelry and sign the papers in one store and go to another store to get the process done, but overall a good experience. Got my tragus pierced, Owen has got to be the nicest and funniest piercer I’ve ever been to. Definitely going back.

The staff was friendly and knowledgable and everything was clean, but it was far too expensive.

I went to Chameleon to have my piercings fixed. I wanted symmetry: something which my previous piercer obviously did not understand when I told her. Owen, über friendly, über clean and an über good piercer. I had four new holes put in. I don’t think anyone else could have been more anal about the symmetry. Not only did he eyeball it and have me eyeball it. He had a caliper and measured exactly the space between each piercing.
From now on, I’m going to him. Even though he’s a thousand miles away (I live in ATL, he practices out of Boston). A little pricey, but worth EVERY penny!

Great service, good clean work area, they don’t blast obnoxious music, and everyone’s always been super friendly with me on the phone and in person. I had my fifth, sixth, and seventh tattoos done here and purchased some body jewelry here as well.
Only real complaint I have with this place is that the jewelry part and body mod part have different phone numbers and can’t transfer you one to the other, but that’s not even worth losing a quarter of a star. If you’re going for your first or your fiftieth tattoo, I recommend this place!

They have good artists, but very poor customer service. I had most of my tattos done with them but I was treated very poorly on my last visit and decided to never go back. If you dont care how you are treated as a client, you would be fine coming to this place.

I’ve been here too much to not write a review. I’ve gotten a bunch of piercings here and 2 tattoos. They’re really patient and kind and really walk you through anything if you have questions. Everyone is really chill. It’s a little pricey because it’s in the city but worth it!

I was visiting a friend in Boston last weekend and we made a spur of the moment decision to get piercings — she wanted her nose, I got an industrial. Found this place via Unilocal and saw it had great reviews. We were both pierced by Owen, who was very friendly and very knowledgeable. I would certainly go back. Thought they were a little pricey, but to be fair, we didn’t comparison shop, so I do not know standard pricing for these kinds of piercings in Boston.

I’ve been DYING to remove my belly button ring (My taste changed) and after like 10 youtube videos, thought I should leave it to the professionals. I happened to be in the neighborhood and just stopped in. This is actually where I got my bb pierced a million years ago so I remembered where it was. I went in, they were super helpful, someone learning the ropes observed which made me feel helpful, it took all of 30 seconds and they didn’t even charge me! I left a generous tip, though. The guy removing my piercing asked questions, was very professional and kind, and I’d highly recommend this place to other people looking for the same service.

Yesterday I got a tattoo by Jorge and honestly I was impressed. I had called over the weekend to make the appointment, I felt a little judged for my tattoo design but nothing that made me feel uncomfortable. It was a fifty dollar deposit, totally fine.
I emailed him a few images I was thinking and I think he was a tiny bit frustrated because it was such a girly concept (Cinderella’s Glass Slipper). But he sketched it out quickly when I got there, I was pleased. He usually only let’s one person in the room to hold your hand but he let my two friends watch since it was my first one and I was a bit nervous.
He didn’t explain much of what he was doing but I did a lot of research before hand so everything seemed clean and safe. Jorge was not chatty at all. I get that he was working but I hate quiet when I’m nervous. But the more I talked and the more he did I think he was less judgey of me and my choice.
After an hour of work he finished. And it’s stunning! But he definitely was lacking on the details for aftercare instructions. Just handed me the paper.
Overall, he did his job well. It’s beautiful and I’m safe. But if you’re looking to be coddled a little more, maybe try another artist.