The woman reportedly screamed out in pain as she was being taken out of the machine.
An anonymous medical provider reported the strange incident to the Food and Drug Administration in April 2023, though it’s received renewed media attention this week. The 22-year-old woman reportedly screamed out in pain as she was pulled out of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine following a scan, which then prompted her delayed admission of having had a “butt plug” inserted.
The issue here is that the company that made the sex toy was likely lying about the material. Implant-grade stainless steel is 316LVM ASTM F-138; it’s non-magnetic, and will not be heated up by a strong magnetic field. Cheap grades of stainless, esp. the 440-series, are magnetic. If a company lied about the material–e.g., a hard chrome plating over a cheap, low-carbon steel base–that could cause serious injury. And I’ve seen exactly that with body jewelry before, so I know for certain that it happens. Esp. since there aren’t a lot of health and safety regulations on either sex toys or body jewelry in the US.
Ok, I’m pretty sex-positive, but why risk it at all and wear a buttplug to an MRI? Or at least mention it when asked if you’re wearing anything metal?