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I love piercings and adorning my body with jewelry.
How Do Metal Detectors Work?
A metal detector emits an electromagnetic field that flows until it comes across something metallic.
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If metal detectors are set be oversensitive, it can result in false alarms triggered by harmless metals.
Needless to say, it would make the job of actually findingthreateningobjects close to impossible.
It’s for this reason that most metal detectors are generallynotput on a high alert setting.
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Do Body Piercings Set Off Metal Detectors?
Neither did my underwire bra.
The wand also reacted to the metal buttons on my jeans, but not my piercings.
In general, a few piercingseven if grouped togetherusually do not pose a threat of setting off an alarm.
However, with todays heightened security, it is always a possibility.
The risk also increases with the morepiercingsyou have, or if you wear larger jewelry like hoops orgauges.
So, Should You Remove Your Piercings to Travel?
Even a healed piercing can close up quickly and make replacing the jewelry difficult and painful.
