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Feeling more secure yet? Woman forced by TSA to remove nipple rings. It’s lucky she didn’t have grillz I suppose. Or a pacemaker or some other implant. Or even more intimate piercings.

The Transportation Security Administration said Friday its officers at a Texas airport appear to have properly followed procedures when they allegedly forced a woman to remove her nipple rings — one with pliers — but acknowledged the procedures should be changed.

The woman involved — Mandi Hamlin — told reporters earlier Friday she was humiliated by last month’s incident, in which she was forced to painfully remove the piercings behind a curtain as she heard snickers from male TSA officers nearby. The incident occurred at the Lubbock, Texas, airport.

And btw, Wired has a guide on how to “Fly Through Airport Security” by dressing like a prison inmate and showing the proper submissiveness. Because you’re living in the world’s largest open air prison you know.