Dermal Anchors
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Wednesday November 7th, 2007 @ 7:39 PM
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Hey QOD. Just wondering about Dermal Anchors: if a person had to go for an MRI or something like that, they wouldn’t be able to take it out (unless permanent removal was waht you wanted)… would that be okay?
For scenarios like that, or if a person got in an accident and doctor’s didn’t know how to remove the dermal anchor, could this cause problems?
I really want a dermal anchor piercing, but at my last panoramic dental x-ray my nape piercing was going to maybe mess up the x-ray (just visually)… and I don’t want to cause any problems for myself.
What do you think?
You bring up an excellent point. This is the main reason microdermals scare me…people don’t understand how permanent they can be. Ine the case of microdermals, metal subdermals and transdermals (or any piercing that could not be easily removed) can cause problems with not just x-rays and mri’s but with AED’s (shock paddles) that need to be used in a timely manner to effectively save the patients life. I don’t know the severity of the problem first hand, but I do know AED’s cause an arc that travels from one pad to the next with the heart in between. Metal objects in this path can cause the electricity to focus on them.
I have a metal subdermal and 6 transdermals. I went into them thinking of the possible outcomes and accepting of the risk. I fear that people may not take microdermals as seriously because of how much easier they are to get in the body. There’s a piercer south of me who puts them in monroe placement…..not even telling the client it’s any different than a piercing!
Educate yourself, know the risk and then decide if the risk are worth it to you.
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6 Responses to “Dermal Anchors”
As far as an MRI goes, I’m scheduled for one next week. Currently, I have a nape microdermal and 2 of em under my navel.
Thing is, Ti, SSS, etc. aren’t magnetic materials, and an MRI is based on magnetic fields (vs the density of materials with an xray, I believe. Don’t quote me, I’m a business major, not a med student), so while a microdermal may show up on the MRI it’s not going to hurt it
My neuro has seen the microdermals and has cleared them for the MRI. His only guess was that they might heat up.
As far as an AED goes, I can’t see many major problems with them unless they were sternum, etc. placements. I can imagine there may be some burning around the implant, but hey, if you need a shock a little burn is the least of your problems.
I took a CPR class last weekend, and in it they covered using AED’s… I was told that if someone has nipple piercings, and if you absolutely canNOT get them off, to apply the AED pads anyway (In this case I’m referring to the machines that assess the patient automatically, and determine whether or not to shock).
Just my $.02
AutomaticGirl on November 8th, 2007 at 12:02 amI thought I saw an episode of Myth Busters where they proved it wrong and that nothing will happen if you have a microdermal.
ElizabethBathory on November 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pmJust as something to consider regarding piercing/microdermals and MRI’s…even if it’s unlikely that anything will happen as a result of having them, there is a lot of uncertain surrounding stuff like this among even the professionals. I have to get MRI’s pretty regularly, and they always insist I take out my piercings. I always ask the techs doing the MRI’s and I’ve gotten very mixed responses.
Some have said they’re certain it would cause a problem. Some have said they’re positive it wouldn’t cause a problem. Others have said they really don’t know. Those that have said they’re sure it won’t cause a problem always say that it’s hospital policy that if it can be removed, it has to be.
So, just because it may well be fine having a microdermal for an MRI, there’s no guarantee that you aren’t going to be asked (and perhpas even made) to remove it.
Derek Lowe on November 9th, 2007 at 1:08 amspeaking as an EMT in regards to AED use…. if we were going to use an AED on you, technically you’re already dead, and the goal of the AED is to save your life. therefore a burn that may result from the metal in a piercing getting heated by the shock is really quite secondary and unimportant. wouldn’t you rather be alive with a burn than dead? i seriously doubt in an emergency situation where an AED is being used that even a doctor would fiddle with removeable piercings because time is of the essence! the sooner one is ‘defribed’ the greater chance of survival!
amphibeing on November 9th, 2007 at 10:54 amThey DID just test this on mythbusters…you’d have to be actually touching the AED paddle to the piercing to even ellicit an arc or a shock. I’m in major need of my heart being shocked back to life…I better not wake up to some perv rubbing an AED paddle on my piercings.
reignboblu on November 9th, 2007 at 7:27 pmI have 2 microdermals and been through cat scans with them, as well as several piercings which have been through MRI’s, dental X-rays, and several surgeries and I’ve had no problems other than ass hole doctors.
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