It can seem daunting to stay up to date with the new measures, particularly when travelling with metal implants.
If your metal implants have set the alarms off, this is when you need to explain that you have them for medical reasons. However, at this stage, you will still have to have a second screening. Anyone who has triggered the alarms regardless of the cause would have to be screened. Not all airports currently have full-body scanners. However, if the one you’re in does, this would be able to detect any implants as well as prosthesis or colostomy and would prevent you from needing to have further scans.
Is there anyway I can prove I have a metal implant to get through security quicker and without a fuss?
Unfortunately, There is no official document you can carry to prove that you have metal implants. Therefore, further screening may still be required.
There’s nothing to stop you carrying a note from your doctor explaining that you have metal implants. However, you would still be required to have a second scan if you were to set the alarms off.
Dr. Dev Padia
Best Orthopaedic Fracture-Ligaments Injury and Expert Knee Replacement Surgeon, Surat.