# Piercings and airport security **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894 "2018-10-13T03:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/21 "2018-10-13T13:43:31Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > For background, as any of you who have had a body part pierced, the piercing jewelry is not supposed to be removed for several weeks after the piercing is done, lest the hole close up. I had an MRI roughly a month after my left nipple was pierced. My piercer removed my ear jewelry for me the day before the MRI, but I removed my nipple CBR at the MRI site. Immediately after finishing the MRI, I went to my vehicle where I struggled to replace the CBR in my not-yet-healed nipple. It wasn’t easy. At one point I glanced up to see an elderly couple gawking at me. They obviously had no idea what I was doing. A penny for their thoughts!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/22 "2018-10-13T14:04:10Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I had an MRI roughly a month after my left nipple was pierced. My piercer removed my ear jewelry for me the day before the MRI, but I removed my nipple CBR at the MRI site. > > Immediately after finishing the MRI, I went to my vehicle where I struggled to replace the CBR in my not-yet-healed nipple. It wasn’t easy. At one point I glanced up to see an elderly couple gawking at me. They obviously had no idea what I was doing. A penny for their thoughts!😃 Yeah, this would have been going on 30 years ago when non-ear piercings were much less common than they are now. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/23 "2018-10-13T15:07:24Z")
^Huh, ~32 years! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/24 "2018-10-13T19:02:40Z")
The anecdote in the OP happened about 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/25 "2018-10-15T23:18:01Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > Underwire bras will often set off airport scanners. Nope, no underwire. She does wear bras that have little removable pads in the cups – maybe that looks suspicious on the scanner? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/26 "2018-10-16T21:52:07Z")
I have acrylic or bone/shell thingies for my various piercings. My ears are gauged to 10 ga, normally I wear captive ball hoops but I will swap in nonmetallic stuff. I keep a pack of[these](https://www.amazon.com/CrazyPiercing-Transparent-Barbell-Tongue-Retainer/dp/B01MFD3BW9?ref_=w_bl_sl_ap_je_web_9549862011) in the assorted gauge pack and alcohol swabs on hand for people who might need them. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/27 "2018-10-16T22:42:02Z")
I once saw a guy in DFW with (short, blunt) metal horns, which I assume were screwed onto non-removable bases implanted in his forehead. Maybe the bases are plastic so he could unscrew the horns and send them through security in a bin, but otherwise, I figure they just wanded his head. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894/28 "2018-10-16T22:57:32Z")
It would save a lot of time if they just used MRI’s at the airport. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercings-and-airport-security/822894.md?page=1)