Rowan La Encantada
Rowan La Encantada is an ear piercing service serving Tucson, AZ.
About Rowan La Encantada
Rowan La Encantada is an ear piercing studio serving Tucson from its location at La Encantada. The studio offers a piercing experience centered on safety, clinical standards, and personal style, with piercings performed by licensed nurses in a safe and welcoming environment. Its services are intended for all ages, whether someone is getting a first piercing, adding to an existing collection, or marking a personal milestone with a new piece of jewelry.
The studio offers lobe and cartilage piercings, with placement options that include the conch, helix, forward helix, tragus, flat, and lobe. Rowan also lists nose piercing among its services. Guests can choose between needle and device piercing, with the method determined by factors such as age, placement, and jewelry preference. Needle piercings use a single-use, hollow-bore sterilized needle and are recommended for a range of ear placements. They are available for children ages 5 and older.
Device piercing is performed with a hand-pressurized device controlled by the nurse. Rowan distinguishes this method from a piercing gun, noting that the device can be useful for people who are uncomfortable with needles and can efficiently pierce the outer perimeter of the ear. Device piercing is available to anyone 2 months and older with a valid DTaP vaccination. The studio also provides single and double piercing services, post changes, jewelry changes with Rowan jewelry purchases, and complimentary evaluations to check that new piercings are healing properly.
Jewelry is a central part of Rowan's approach. The studio describes its earrings as hypoallergenic and says they contain no nickel, brass, or zinc. Available materials include 14k solid gold, gold vermeil, 14k gold over sterling silver, and sterling silver. For needle piercings, Rowan recommends flat-back jewelry designed for comfort and healing. Nurses also recommend aftercare solutions for new piercings, reflecting the studio's emphasis on care after the appointment as well as during it. The website includes piercing aftercare information, a piercing education blog, and a lookbook for browsing jewelry and placement ideas.
Rowan identifies itself as woman-founded and women-led, with safety and celebration among its stated values. Its nurses are trained to work with different ages, needs, and ear placements, and the studio presents piercing as something that can be part of a milestone or celebration. At the La Encantada location, the studio is on the second floor, up the main escalators and to the right, across from Warby Parker and next to MAC Cosmetics. Free parking is available near the main entrance by West Elm, with additional parking on the second level near the restaurants. Walk-ins are welcome, although appointments are encouraged.