Our Piercers

Aileen

Piercer in Riverside

Aileen has been a professional Body piercer since 2022. Aileen enjoys clowning around and performing piercings that allow people to feel more confident and comfortable with themselves. She joined the Laughing Buddha Family as a part time piercer in 2023.

Aileen is thankful for the opportunity to create, learn, and educate alongside the talented staff at Laughing Buddha. She can be found at the Riverside location most Fridays and Saturday.

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Airick

Piercer in Riverside & Upland

Airick has been a professional body piercer for over 17 years. He has worked at such studios as BodyMod in Riverside and Cold Steel in San Francisco. Airick has been a part of The Laughing Buddha Family since 2007. He is thankful for the opportunity to be a part of so many individuals’ journey through life and is at the studio Friday & Saturday (Upland) & Sunday & Monday (Riverside) for all of your piercing and jewelry needs.

AJ

Piercer in Upland

AJ has over 18 years of professional piercing experience. Working previously through South Bay and Los Angeles for most of her career, she was welcomed into the Laughing Buddha family early 2018. Since then, she made an impact immediately with her warm spirit and her beautiful ear curations. She is thankful to contribute to helping make the Laughing Buddha experience top notch. AJ works Monday through Wednesdays and pierces children as young as five years of age (identification requirements for minors)

Chris

Piercer in Upland

 

Chris (she/her/ella) has been in the body piercing industry since 2013. After being a client for many years she jumped at the opportunity to work at the shop starting out as counter staff. In 2022 she was apprenticed under guidance of fellow Laughing Buddha piercer AJ. Chris is now our Junior Piercer and is still continuing her education, she had attended the Conference for Professional Piercers in 2023 and Fakir Piercing Intensives in 2024. 

When Chris isn’t piercing you can making find her making food, wandering around a sunny neighborhood, or watching Antique Roadshow with her dogs Pepper, Buccee and cat Petal. 

 

Vega

Piercer in Riverside

Vega is coming from Envy Body Piercing and he has 6 + years of piercing experience. If you love warm, fun, and quirky people you'll love Vega! His favorite piercing to do is a conch and a faux rook. Come by the shop and get pierced by him any Tuesday or Wednesday