Originally Posted by Comcerneddisabledflier

If the body scanner alarms over my ostomy bag and/or ostomy clip, it would certainly alarm over body piercings, no? I think some piercings, especially barbell jewelry, would be pretty indistinguishable from sharp objects. So they probably should make the alarms go off.

But, as I understand it, body piercings generally cannot be removed by the wearer. Apparently, piercings in areas like the belly button, nipples and genitals close pretty quickly without jewelery.

So how does the TSA clear those alarms? I don't think the pat down would clear the area and if it did, you would be talking about pretty thorough touching of private areas.