Can you bring piercing jewelry on a plane?

If you know the jewelry you have in is either bulky, magnetic or contains a lot of metal, you will probably have to remove them. If you have piercings that are covered up by your clothes, no matter where they're located on yourself, they would be invading your privacy so they don't ask for you to take them out.



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The main thing to keep in mind with flying is that pressure change. We all know that you can swell a little bit when flying, and that is definitely true with new piercings. This is not a reason not to get pierced, but it is important that your piercer is informed of any flying, international travel, holidays etc.

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United Airlines Will Allow Piercings, Tattoos In New “Inclusive” Appearance Standards. United Airlines has revised its appearance standards for uniformed, customer-facing employees in what it calls an effort to be more inclusive.

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Most Airport detectors are set at a level that doesn't trigger at small metal objects like piercings. They aim to detect guns and knives not small items of jewellry.

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Scanners at airports around the world have varying degrees of sensitivity. However, you can get through most airport metal detectors if you have less than half a dozen piercings. As the number of your piercings increase, the chances of drawing the attention of security personnel increase.

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If the piercings are small enough than there should be no problem. If the piercings are metallic, a bit larger and many then they could cause problems at the Metal Detector.

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TSA Guidelines for Jewelry You may need to remove multiple pieces or bulky jewelry. In general, small pieces of jewelry like rings and earrings can be worn through TSA checkpoints without issue. However, heavy jewelry with bulky metal components or multiple pieces can trigger the scanner.

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Certain metal body piercings may cause the machines to alarm and a pat-down may be required. If additional screening is required, you may be asked to remove your body piercing in private as an alternative to the pat-down.

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You are allowed to bring a quart-sized bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less per item. This is also known as the 3-1-1 liquids rule.

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