BEST PLACE TO GET PIERCED: STEEL LOTUS

Steel Lotus is about more than just ink and piercing, it’s about creating original and innovative works of art and your body is the canvas. For the best custom tattoos and body-piercing, you work one-on-one with the guys on a look individually designed for your specifications and body shape. So forget all that dingy scratch-shop flash, at Steel Lotus you get a great atmosphere, clean professional treatment, one-of-a-kind designs and a work of art for life. (Nicholas Pond)

 174 Crown St, Darlinghurst. 9326 0555, steellotus.com/steellotus/