MRI Booked and a Piercing Will Not Come Out?Contact the Unit
SkinArticleExplain the difficulty to your imaging team before attending and ask for its instructions.
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Contact the MRI department
If you cannot remove jewelry or a body piercing before your MRI, contact your imaging unit to explain. Princess Alexandra Hospital’s pelvic-MRI leaflet specifically asks patients with jewelry or piercings they cannot remove to contact its MRI department.1
Describe what you cannot remove
Try: “I have an MRI appointment and this piercing or jewelry cannot be removed. What information do you need, and what should I do before attending?”
Ask your own unit to explain its plan for your appointment.1
Check the appointment paperwork
The hospital’s leaflet also asks patients to read its safety questionnaire as soon as they receive it and contact the department for any yes answers. Follow your own unit’s questionnaire and preparation instructions. Keep its response with your appointment details.1
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- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, 2026MRI pelvis scan Patient information leaflet (opens in a new tab)abc
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