Depends where abouts they are.... I found my tongue healed up after a couple of hours when i took it out. Although there was a slight infection so that could have been the reason. My 'outer' body piercings are usually ok for a couple of days.
Depends on the area I suppose, my ears stay open, my navel doesn`t (haven`t timed how long it takes to close though) Don`t worry about it, if anything seals over, just pierce the bugger again! :twisted:
I`ve done my navel a few times.
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I've been told no jewellery at all, not even earrings :cry:
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A plastic bar shouldn't affect the scanner but they may want it out to get a better pic!! Just do whatever they want you to!
Ok the reason you have to take piercings out (and all other jewelry) for an MRI... is because it uses a very very powerful electromagnet (hence the name Magnetic Resonance Imaging). The magnet is actualy powerful enough to make metal medical instruments fly all the way accross the room when it is turned on. Now besides completely buggering up the picture if you left any metal piercings in they would get IMEDIATELY ripped from your body and attached to the scanner :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Try explaining that one in A&E
You should check with the hospital, but as long as the PTFE (plastic)piercing is all plastic with no metal components at all, I see no reason for it causing problems.
I am sure they get lots of people with tounge piercings who ask the same question (that goes for other piercings tooo)
BTW Tounges do close up in about an hour because the tounge heals very fast, mainly due to the amount of punishment it has to take... after all if you bit your tounge and it didn't heal right away it would seriously affect your ability to eat, and quickly become infected.
In answer to your piercing question I can only add that it seems to be an individual thing, but here's my experience: Earrings, in & out, sometimes out for months on end, no worries. Belly bar, took it out for four days, it healed up, back to get it repierced, major haemorrhaging all over the street, kids being sick, most unpleasant! It's back in now & that's where its staying! VCH, never had it out, but my piercer says don't try unless you're going to just clean the area & put new jewellry in. I live in a small fishing town, & most folks round here if they're going for x-rays etc., remove any metal piercings & thread it with a short length of 8lb fishing line & just tie the ends together. Easy then to put the jewellry back in when you get home. Good luck!! AnG
