# Head MRI tomorrow. Is it scary?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-mri-tomorrow-is-it-scary/992267 "2023-10-29T14:33:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-mri-tomorrow-is-it-scary/992267/67 "2023-10-30T13:15:34Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> After I posted early on, I didn’t read the rest of the thread, so I don’t know if anyone mentioned this but: _you can’t wear anything metal._

If there’s any chance you have bits of metal in your eyes, usually as a result of grinding metal like someone recently did in a [thread about cutting out the metal pole from an old basketball hoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600/42), then you need to get your eyes X-Rayed to make sure there are no bits of metal embedded in them. Don’t grind metal unless you wear tight fitting goggles, regular loose fit types of eye protection aren’t sufficient to stop little bits of steel that can fly in any direction.

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