Aaron Pollack and Mitch Gooden opened Flying Tiger Body Modification, Auburn’s newest tattoo and piercing shop, last week and their goal is to cater to the Auburn University students.

The shop offers a 10 percent discount on full service body piercings and tattoos to students and a 30 percent discount off anything collegiate related, ranging from fraternity and sorority tattoos to your favorite college team’s logo.

“There’s not a lot of shops in town that try to cater specifically to the university,” Pollack said. “We really just wanted to give the kids another option.”

Gooden has worked at several tattoo parlors in the area and has been a tattoo artist for around five years. Pollack recently worked at Outlaw Tattoo in Montgomery and has been in the body piercing industry for about four years.

“I got into it because I’ve always been an artist and was tired of being a starving artist,” Pollack said. “It’s something that from the first day I started doing it I loved it.”

Pollack added that the store also offers the area’s only selection of high end organic body jewelry. They offer only implant grade materials for initial piercings - materials that have been deemed safe by the medical community for longterm wear in the human body.

“No crap sterling silver or surgical steel here,” Pollack said. “Only the highest quality body jewelry makes it into the shop.”
Pollack added that the store also specializes in custom made tattoos.

Flying Tiger is located at 1935E S. College St. behind Store 17. Their hours are Tuesday through Saturday 1 to 9 p.m.

Follow them on Facebook at facebook.com/flyingtigertattooau.