A member asked:

After an mri i realized that i had an elastic hair tie in my hair that had a tiny piece of metal connecting the elastic together. i am so scared this mess up the imaging i traveled to a different state to get this special mri done. ?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

They would have: known right away if there was a problem. Please be more vigilant and careful about metal on your person with MRIs in the future. Messing up the images is the least of the problems that can potentially happen. Severe personal injury and/or equipment damage could occur.

Answered 6/25/2017

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