Originally Posted by AMDZ

Ok, so my son is 12 years old and he has some issues with his foot not having an arch when he was born. The doctor basically recommend some shoe inserts. So for the past 6 years he's been wearing them. I recently purchased a pair of shoe inserts that are memory foam, not gel to conform to the rules. Will the TSA allow my son to wear these?

Originally Posted by futurectdoc

Short answer yes. They may hassle you, however it's a medical device. They really shouldn't even be searching you. It's the novel thing called the fourth amendment.