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mod_sara
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Posted: September/05/2008 at 10:47pm

When I had an MRI when I had my concussion the nurses told me I needed to take all mine out, and proceeded to assist me in taking out all thirteen I had at the time. And I actually left my tongue ring in (I only got it pierced two weeks prior to the accident and didn't want it to close) And they didn't say anything, so obviously it didn't effect the MRI at all. So it was pretty pointless taking out the others.
Concidering you have facial piercings and the MRI is to be done on your knee, I dont see why you would need to take them out regardless.

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morphineseason
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Posted: September/05/2008 at 10:58pm

my mothers friend works at the hospital, and is in the xray department. she had to do some tests for the mri and left all her piercings in and where fine.
but I will double check with her to make sure, and the whole magnetic test thing. the one that they do in the hospital? I'll ask about that as well. and try to do one myself with magnets.

but thanks all so much for the feed back.

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jim01
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Posted: September/05/2008 at 11:32pm

if it will stick to magnet it will have to come out or the MRI will pull them out my daughter in law is and R N at a hospital and has seen it happen.

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Sentient
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 12:26am

The magnetic field is powerful within 20 feet, not just inside the actual machine. I had an MRI once and I took my septum ring out but forgot that my belt had some metal in it....well, as i got close to the machine it riped the belt right through the belt loops and off my pants tearing them. I think it was just a small piece of chrome metal that was only slightly magnetic that did this.

If the metal is not magnetized, then you are probably good, but test it.....people have been killed by bits of metal going into the MRI machine.

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InsaneIQ
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 1:37am

All my jewelries are made of titanium and 316L SSS so I left all my piercings in when I took an MRI. The nurses didn't even say anything. Obviously nothing happened. As an added bonus, these type of metal don't set off metal detectors at the airport either.

Violence solves everything!

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wolfbaden6
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 1:44am

Originally posted by Sentient

The magnetic field is powerful within 20 feet, not just inside the actual machine. I had an MRI once and I took my septum ring out but forgot that my belt had some metal in it....well, as i got close to the machine it riped the belt right through the belt loops and off my pants tearing them. I think it was just a small piece of chrome metal that was only slightly magnetic that did this.

If the metal is not magnetized, then you are probably good, but test it.....people have been killed by bits of metal going into the MRI machine.

Wow that's insane. I would suggest pulling out the jewelry first before testing to see if it's magnetic. There's not really too much that's magnetic that you have to worry about. I have a hematite plug in right now that's magnetic and I wouldn't want to be caught near any magnets with that on. It's bad enough when I bend down near a metal table and when I stand up my hole is empty. I couldn't imagine how much force 5000 to 30,000 gauss would feel like. =/

Edit: Grammar

Edited by wolfbaden6 - September/06/2008 at 1:44am

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morphineseason
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 12:33pm

okay well, to be honest I have no idea what my jewlery is made out of.
so if any from the toronto area (ontario, canada), or hell even canada that know about the piercing places adrenaline and new tribe, and know what type of jewlery they use that'd be great. I guess I could always email them.
but I got my rook pierced at adrenaline and still have the original jewlery in ( I was told that adrenaline use low quality jewlery, which would explain why I am having trouble, so I should change that before hand?). and I have no idea about newtribe.

also back to the magnet test. so to do this I should just try a magnet against my jewlery to see? what kind of magnet to be precise.

thank you guys so much for the help.

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kcir
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 1:28pm

ehm...the kind of magnet that sticks to ferrous metal surfaces?

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morphineseason
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 2:38pm

I mean like, a fridge magnet? or like an actual certain type. like those horseshoe shape ones. I don't know.

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AlecTrosex
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Posted: September/06/2008 at 2:51pm

Fridge magnets may not actually stick to a small piece of metal, if you have anything bigger that would be better. . .
Kcir, I'll have to tell you the "glass magnet" story sometime.

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