(04-20-2011, 06:23 AM)bobbyphilly Wrote: ok i will reply with a different swing.....lets say u go to airport and they say take off your wig????. and you dont have a toplace . you have an hcm bonded superglued to your scalp unit...like i had 2 yrs. period??? they inspect your head in private and say you are cleared to go...this is not as big as a worry as most make it..i would say can i speack to you in private??? i wear a hcm wig. and i am shy

bobby/philly

Hey Bobbyphilly,

Thank you again for your response. However, it did not address my concern at all.

I am not here to talk about which company's systems you wear or whether you have the choice to speak to the officer in private (which I highly doubt so - all the officers would be extremely busy and subject to unnecessary harm if every passenger were to do the same; to speak to them in private).

What I need to know is the input from hairwearers who may be concerned about and/or have had similar experience at any airports with such screeners installed. Did the officer(s) actually have you stepped aside and followed by a question pertaining to your "top". Period!!

Of course, the other issue is the radiation emitting from the screener that may potentially post threats to our health (not yet addressed in the media but was somehow downplayed with a "not that we know of" answer). Yes, everyone will die someday. Cradle-to-grave is inevitable in everyone's life but living with cancerous cells can be tormenting. I am not too concerned about the radiation unless I have to travel at least once a week and with such accumulation over a period of time will eventually become a big health issue.

Thank you.

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(04-20-2011, 10:38 AM)Paul In Ireland Wrote: I think people are worrying unnecessarily. I had an MRI scan on my head 2 years ago and asked if it made any difference to it and was told no-not to worry about it as it`s scanning inside the head and a system will not impede the beams. The equipment at the airports is trying to detect concealed objects on a person .. I hardly think a thin layer of lace attached to the scalp will even show up and if it should , by any chance, well you just tell the person discreetly what it is.. I am sure those security guys are told to expect things like that and to be discreet when dealing with people who wear.. .. if they want to check it out , they can bring you to a more private place like a room....my honest gut-feeling is that this is /will be a non-issue. Just my 2 -cents worth... cheers guys.. Paul.

Thank you for your comments, Paul.

Anything that is not part of your body (including lace) is considered as a foreign object and customs officers have every right to question the passenger and from what I know there is no such thing as "private room" at the airport for trivial matters unless they receive a tip-off that something is amiss with this passenger then they will probably take that person to a place at which further interrogation can be carried out.

I am rather certain that this is very common to most customs officers just like any other surgeons (who see naked bodies day in day out) and that's why this subject was never discussed. I am just curious to know but thank you for your two cents, Paul.

Regards,