Q: I’m getting an MRI done pretty soon and they said I have to take my jewelry out. I have a dermal anchor and that obviously doesn’t come out. Should I just remove the top? -Jaylynn D.

A: First, for the love of all that is good and holy, DO NOT remove the top of your dermal. If you remove the top, the base can slip out of the hole and have to be professionally removed, most likely by a doctor. What you should do is first, contact the piercer who did the original implantation. Ask if the jewelry they used was absolutely, certainly ASTM F-136 titanium. That is important. Then you need to call the place where you will be getting the MRI and ask them their policy. For some types of MRI, they allow you to keep piercings in, but some imaging centers do not allow any piercings to be in for any type of MRI. So, you need to clear it with them, and you need to be completely certain that your implant is not in ANY way magnetic. Otherwise, it will turn into a projectile inside the machine putting you in life-threatening danger and destroying one very expensive MRI machine as well. Whether or not you remove your dermal is a matter of what the imaging center’s policy is and how comfortable you feel with taking the risk of having your dermal turn into a projectile. While one never likes to remove a healthy piercing, you should also seriously consider the potential risks. Best of luck.

Q: Can I get a Daith in both ears and septum on the same day? -Anonymous

A: This is really more a question of “should” versus “can”. Yes, you can get three piercings on the same day. The more pertinent question is – how well can you manage when both of your ears are healing simultaneously? Do you sleep on your side? Can you keep your phone sanitized for each use? Can you protect both of your ears as well as you could protect one? We often mention the trick of using a traveler’s neck pillow to sleep on, for people who sleep on their side and have fresh ear piercings. But for many things such as phone use, the most practical way of protecting their new piercing is to simply use the other ear. If you think you are able to keep both sides clean and keep items from touching them, go right ahead! But since a daith piercing takes, on average, roughly six to nine months to heal that is a long time to fuss over both of your ears so you should be prepared to be in it in the long haul. If you have any doubts about your stamina, perhaps do it one at a time. The septum you can do with both daiths or one daith without issue. Happy piercing!

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