Diva cup through a full body scanner

[sh10]

I know a lot of you ladies wear the diva cup and was wondering if anyone had any issues in the full body scanners. I'm flying out of BWI to MCO this weekend and was hoping you ladies can reassure me that wearing it through either airport won't be an issue. Thanks!

[Deleted]

Full body scanners are in the process of being removed from all airports.

However, if you encounter one before then, you shouldn't have trouble with a diva cup.

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Jan 21, 2013 10:57:26 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

Full body scanners are in the process of being removed from all airports.

Do you have a link to this?  I would love to read it!

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Jan 21, 2013 10:59:55 GMT -5 vigurl said:

Jan 21, 2013 10:57:26 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

Full body scanners are in the process of being removed from all airports.

Do you have a link to this?  I would love to read it!

It's in several news reports right now, here's one:

www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/us/tsa-to-remove-invasive-body-scanners.html?_r=0

ETA: They will still be using the full body scanners, but apparently they aren't as violating.  

[Deleted]

Are you using some kind of steel version of the Diva Cup? This would never have crossed my mind as something that could be an issue.

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Jan 21, 2013 11:02:32 GMT -5 papiercherri said:

Jan 21, 2013 10:59:55 GMT -5 vigurl said:

Do you have a link to this?  I would love to read it!

It's in several news reports right now, here's one:

www.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/us/tsa-to-remove-invasive-body-scanners.html?_r=0

ETA: They will still be using the full body scanners, but apparently they aren't as violating.  

Thanks for the link!

[sh10]

Haha, not steel, I just wasn't sure how much they can see and didn't want them to think I was trying to smuggle anything, lol.

[rubytue]

No idea if you can see it on a airport scanner, but I know you can see it on a CT scan. BTDT, had to explain tot he CT tech that it wasn't a tampon. Should have just answered yes when she asked if I had a tampon in.

[SusanBAnthony]

I don't know if they show up or not, but I have worn one thought the rapescan. No questions were asked, no extra searching.

[awkwardpenguin]

Yeah, they're removing backscatter x-ray scanners, but keeping millimeter wave detection scanners. Diva cup definitely does not show up on the millimeter wave scanners, although they almost always flag my hair as suspicious.

[EmilieMadison]

Jan 21, 2013 15:30:36 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

Yeah, they're removing backscatter x-ray scanners, but keeping millimeter wave detection scanners. Diva cup definitely does not show up on the millimeter wave scanners, although they almost always flag my hair as suspicious.

Your...pubic hair?  *-)

[awkwardpenguin]

Jan 21, 2013 15:35:12 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Jan 21, 2013 15:30:36 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

Yeah, they're removing backscatter x-ray scanners, but keeping millimeter wave detection scanners. Diva cup definitely does not show up on the millimeter wave scanners, although they almost always flag my hair as suspicious.

Your...pubic hair?  *-)

LOL, no!  My hair, on my head.  And I don't have Texas big hair or anything, they just always flag me as needing to feel up my my head before I can go through.

[smiley]

Jan 21, 2013 15:35:12 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Jan 21, 2013 15:30:36 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

Yeah, they're removing backscatter x-ray scanners, but keeping millimeter wave detection scanners. Diva cup definitely does not show up on the millimeter wave scanners, although they almost always flag my hair as suspicious.

Your...pubic hair?  *-)

this was my thought too... thanks for clearing that up!

[rikki]

Jan 21, 2013 15:39:24 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

Jan 21, 2013 15:35:12 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Your...pubic hair?  *-)

LOL, no!  My hair, on my head.  And I don't have Texas big hair or anything, they just always flag me as needing to feel up my my head before I can go through.

This happens to me on almost all of my flights. I have no idea why. I have flat, boring hair. 

[phoenixrising]

I think that it just kind of shows as hotspots things that might be suspicious and then they check those areas with a handheld scanner. At least, that is what happened when I last flew. The picture that showed up on the screen had a highlighted hotspot behind my knee, and the guy ran the scanner over it, and that was it.

[stumpy]

I saw that they are removing some scanners. I always declined and only got padded down once.
You will be fine.

[isabel]

I'm not sure how a diva cup would be any different than a tampon in regard to going through a body scanner. If they can see it, I'm sure the assumption would be the same either way. And, if not, you can always have a fun conversation with the TSA agent about what it is.

[orangeblossom]

Jan 21, 2013 15:30:36 GMT -5 awkwardpenguin said:

Yeah, they're removing backscatter x-ray scanners, but keeping millimeter wave detection scanners. Diva cup definitely does not show up on the millimeter wave scanners, although they almost always flag my hair as suspicious.

This hasn't happened the last few times, but it used to happen to me all of the time.   I have less than two inches of hair on my head.  One time, I guess it didn't show up right away, and I was already getting my stuff and the TSA agent started patting down my hair without saying anything at first.  I was ready to turn around and go off on whoever this "hair patter" was, until I realized it was a TSA agent.

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I really do not understand this. You know the scanners aren't MRI machines right? They don't actually see INSIDE you. Just through your clothes. You vagina, in this situation, is totally safe from government interference.

[ijack]

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Jan 21, 2013 21:28:17 GMT -5 @ameliapond said:

I really do not understand this. You know the scanners aren't MRI machines right? They don't actually see INSIDE you. Just through your clothes. You vagina, in this situation, is totally safe from government interference.

I love the addition of "in this situation" to the above post.

[belovedbride07]

Jan 21, 2013 21:28:17 GMT -5 @ameliapond said:

I really do not understand this. You know the scanners aren't MRI machines right? They don't actually see INSIDE you. Just through your clothes. You vagina, in this situation, is totally safe from government interference.

I don't think this question is that weird...I know when they first rolled out the scanners there was talk about them possibly being able to see tampon strings.  I don't know if that was ever verified, but if that's true, it's possible, though unlikely, they could see the stem of the cup if it was sitting super low.

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Jan 21, 2013 22:58:48 GMT -5 belovedbride07 said:

Jan 21, 2013 21:28:17 GMT -5 @ameliapond said:

I really do not understand this. You know the scanners aren't MRI machines right? They don't actually see INSIDE you. Just through your clothes. You vagina, in this situation, is totally safe from government interference.

I don't think this question is that weird...I know when they first rolled out the scanners there was talk about them possibly being able to see tampon strings.  I don't know if that was ever verified, but if that's true, it's possible, though unlikely, they could see the stem of the cup if it was sitting super low.

The string is still outside your body. The scanner can for sure see a pad, which is also outside. The stem of a cup isn't supposed to stick out of your body. Like I said before, unless you've got some metal jammed up in there, the TSA isn't going to hassle you about it.