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Will titanium micro plates be an issue when passing through TSA screening?

  • In 2002, I had titanium micro plates attached to my skull to help keep it together. Since then, I have not had to pass through TSA screening at all, and will likely need to be traveling on either the AMTRAK or a commercial airline. Both will require screening, either to board or when exiting (AMTRAK). I am concerned about personal privacy violations if and when the titanium plates in my head set off metal detectors, and if there is some nature of form I can obtain from a Medical Doctor in advance that will indicate the existence of these plates?

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    They may not be a problem at all. Titanium is non-magnetic, so it would depend on the total mass of metal in all of the plates. It is really not an issue. You _do not_ need any kind of a letter from anyone. IF the metal detector beeps, then you just tell the TSA person that you have titanium plates in your head. They will run the hand held wand over you to make sure that your head is the only place where it beeps. It will be very obvious that you are not hiding anything dangerous under your hair. Aside from running the wand over you, there is no personal privacy violation. You are most definitely not the first person to go through metal detectors with titanium plates somewhere. In a large airport, the TSA people probably see several hundred people every day with implants of some sort.

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Only if you are using them for evil. Medical appliances are fine. Yes, it may be a good idea to have a medical explanation printed out so everyone can breath easier when your head goes off for metal.

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