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KMR
KMR Member Posts: 2
edited June 2014 in Living Without Reconstruction After a Mastectomy

Can i wear my prosthetics to fly ?? Only info i could find on TSA website talked about having them in the carry-on.  Would wearing them cause problems during airport screening ?

Thanks,

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited October 2009

    Did the TSA website refer to BREAST prosthetics or just prosthetics in general? If they referred to them in general they might have meant limb prosthetics. If they have a place on their website for questions you might want to send an email.

    I don't know how they could know if you're wearing it - screening picks up metals, and they're sno metal in them.

    Leah

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  • caaclark
    caaclark Member Posts: 936
    edited October 2009

    Yes, you can wear them to fly.  I have never been questioned about them.

    I have also packed them in my carry-on (I like having a spare) and have never had problems with them.

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  • KMR
    KMR Member Posts: 2
    edited October 2009

    Thanks for the info !

    I don't travel often & somehow I was envisioning that the bulk under my clothes would trigger a problem.

    Thanks for relieving my mind.

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  • mthomp2020
    mthomp2020 Member Posts: 1,959
    edited October 2009

    As long as they're silicone, and not foam with a weighted core.  The weights they use in the foam forms are metal, so they could cause a metal detector to go off I would think.  Now that would be embarassing!

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