Viral Waltham piercer says business could dip with a TikTok ban [Video]

More than 3 million people have seen the ridged pieces of silicon embedded under the skin of Madison Trubiano’s thumbs.

“Yeah, so I have silicone implants on my thumbs … I got them done at my local Claire’s,” Trubiano joked about the glittery, adolescent jewelry store franchise in the video she posted of her subdermal implants.

The 29-year-old Waltham woman created a TikTok account in 2022 to help promote herself as a professional piercer when one of her first videos went viral. Whether viewers were intrigued or horrified by her aesthetic body modifications, the viral video brought attention to her social media account and to her physical Rubi’s Piercing Studio in Watertown, located at 150 Arsenal St., Suite 107.

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But if the TikTok ban just signed into U.S. lawtakes effect, Trubiano said she’ll be losing an extra source of income and have …