I have to say, I really felt for this woman when I read this story, and I feel the TSA was totally wrong for the way they handled the situation.  In routine airport security check, a woman who was flying from Lubbock to Dallas, Texas says that when she went through the first airport check for metals, it was fine.  She does have two nipple piercings, one bar and one hoop, and also a belly button piercing. 

She said that then, after she went through the first check, she went through another check with a wand.  When the wand beeped around her chest area, she informed the female TSA agent that it was because of her nipple piercings on her breasts.  She said that a male agent told her she would have to take her shirt off behind a screen and remove the metal from her body. 

When she asked if she could just show a female agent the piercings in private, several male agents told her she would have to remove them to board her flight.  She said that behind a screen, as she removed her nipple piercings from her breasts, she heard the male agents laughing about the situation, and to add insult to injury, she had a hard time getting one of her breast piercings out and had to ask for a pair of pliers.  She was given a pair of pliers, and she said the removal was painful, and that many times the skin heals around the piercing, and makes it very painful to remove, and then painful or impossible to reinsert. 

She has said that she filed a complaint with the TSA and has not gotten an apology, which is all she wanted.  She also said that they conducted an investigation and found the proper protocol was followed.  She has hired the services of high profil attorney Gloria Allred, who has acknowledged that the woman is just looking for an apology for a mishandling of the incident and if they do not issue an apology, her client is prepared to take legal action. 

I think they should just issue the apology and acknowledge that their agents could have handled this situation differently and given the woman more dignity and respect and avoided the humiliating experience all together while still following correct protocol. 

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