Anyone with a piercing knows it's generally a pain in the ass to take the jewelry out, and even more of a pain to put it back in.
A drunken night many moons ago resulted in a lip piercing we eventually took out for a job interview. After two hours we couldn't get it back in; that was probably a good thing. Some, though, want to keep their jewelry, like a woman in Texas whose nipple rings set off TSA metal detectors.
When she asked a female agent if she could show her the jewelry and then board the flight, the agent called over several male agents who told her she'd need to remove the jewelry first. With some trouble, she removed one ring and told the agents she couldn't remove the second without pliers. They, of course, gave her a pair and after she removed the second ring—to the sound of the male agents snickering, she said—she was allowed to pass through security... with her belly button ring still in.
[cbs5.com: TSA Forces Woman To Remove Nipple Rings For Flight]
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