Dublin, Ireland – October 26th, 2026 – Piecer Dublin with more then 20 years experience Sean Dubss and his vision for the future of body modification.
When we sat down with Sean, it was clear he loved his job. He was just finishing up with a couple of clients, who both left with smiles on their faces. Sean saw them out and thanked them, making sure they knew they could contact him with any questions. Then he offered us a seat in his Temple Bar studio, Impulse Piercing.
The setting was unbelievable. It was a futuristic, cyberpunk-style room, like something straight out of The Matrix. There was so much to look at that you could see how people would get distracted from being nervous. There was even a bag of Tayto crisps with a misprinted label in a display box, which was both puzzling and beautiful at the same time.
Sean came out and introduced himself. We never thought his story would be so fascinating.
“Sorry about the wait,” he says as he sits down across from us. “That pair have been coming to me for years. First it was their first piercings, and now they’re back for matching ones. That’s the best part of the job. You see people grow up.”
He would know. Sean has more than twenty years of piercing behind him, which makes him one of the most experienced active piercers in Dublin city, if not the most experienced. Ask around Temple Bar and you’ll keep hearing the same name.
Twenty years is a long time. Has the industry changed much?
“Completely. When I started Piercing in Dublin had a handful of studios and half the advice going around was wrong. Now people come in having done their research, asking about implant-grade titanium and healing times. I love that. An informed client is a safe client.”
But you’re doing more than piercing now.
He smiles and holds up his left hand. There’s a tiny, almost invisible mark in the webbing between his thumb and forefinger.
“This is where it gets interesting.”
What’s in there?
“A microchip, about the size of a grain of rice. Watch.” He taps the back of his hand against our phone, and his contact details pop up on the screen. “Same technology as your contactless bank card. I can set it up to share my details or to unlock a door. I put it in my own hand first because I’d never offer a client something I hadn’t tried myself.”
For anyone who’s never heard the term, what is biohacking?
“It means putting technology into your body, and people do it for two reasons. One is function: chips like mine that talk to your phone or a door lock. Some people get a tiny magnet in a fingertip so they can feel magnetic fields. You can feel a microwave hum before you hear it. The other is aesthetics: implants that change how the body looks, the way piercing does. A lot of my clients want both.”
Where did that interest come from?
He pauses for the first time in the conversation.
“About eight or nine years ago, I had a brain injury. It was serious. I don’t remember much about the early days, but I remember the machines. There were monitors and sensors and all this technology watching over me while my body did the hard work. The doctors and nurses were incredible, and the technology was part of how they got me back.
“Recovery took a long time. I spent a lot of it reading about how the body heals, how it adapts, and how technology and the body can work together instead of against each other. I couldn’t stop. I’d been modifying bodies for years by then, and I realised this was the next step. Since then I’ve been obsessed with implants and medical technology.”
From that to running your own studio is quite a comeback.
“People call it a miracle. Maybe it was. All I know is I got a second go at things, and I wasn’t going to waste it doing something small.”
Some people will hear “implant” and get nervous. What do you tell them?
“Good. You should take it seriously. It’s a procedure, so I treat it like one: everything sterile, implants made from biocompatible materials, and a proper consultation first. I’ll turn someone away if it’s not right for them. Twenty years of piercing teaches you that the needle work is the easy part. Looking after the person is the job.”
We have to ask about the Tayto bag.
He laughs. “Everyone asks. It’s a misprint, straight off the line. Millions of bags come out identical and that one came out different. That’s what this place is about, really. Something doesn’t come out the way it was planned, and it ends up being the most interesting thing in the room.
“Life didn’t go to plan for me either, and it’s worked out alright.”
What’s next for Impulse Piercing?
“Dublin’s always been a few years behind on this. I want to change that, and I want people to know they don’t have to fly to Berlin or LA to get it done properly. People think it’s science fiction, but it’s here, in my hand.”
As we stepped out of his Piercing shop in temple bar, Sean was already greeting his next client. Behind him, the misprinted Tayto bag glowed under the neon.
About the author:
Patrick McKenna is the creative director of Canvas Marketing Solutions. He’s collecting his most sucessful clients stories through interviews about there business like this one.
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Company Name: Impulse Bioworks & Piercing
Contact Person: Sean Dubss
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Phone: 0831300866
Address:14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Website: https://www.impulsepiercing.ie/