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This week I was going on a business trip. I always was planning to bring along at least one female outfit and potentially go out one night after work as myself. And this includes breast forms. And since I wasn't planning on checking my luggage I had major concerns about the TSA security checkpoint and what they would do if they found some large silicone blobs on their scanner. I read that prosthetics are allowed, but wasn't so sure if this would be a good idea.

Well, today in the morning I decided to throw all caution into the wind and packed my breast forms. Turns out that my carry-on suitcase was picked for a secondary inspection and the TSA agent really zoomed in on them on the scan. I was afraid that she would take them out into a separate tray and run them through the scanner again in front of all the people, but that didn't happen. She did open the suitcase and had a brief look at them in a discrete manner and then everything was good.

I guess it would have been easier if I would have worn them on my body through the metal detector...

Did anybody else have any experience - positive or negative - at the TSA checkpoint while traveling with breast forms or any other trans specific item (dilators come to mind)?

I haven't flown in a few decades because I prefer to drive. But I would think that breast forms may be more common than we imagine. They are often worn by women who have undergone mastectomies, and it would be logical to have a spare pair or two. TSA agents process hundreds of people a day, so I am sure they have seen it all. I would not expect them to hold them up for all to see and ask "What are these for?" I know how our minds play tricks on us and tell us that we will die of embarrassment. But the reality is that it is probably no big deal. I think you saw that firsthand.

That said, I would probably be more worried than you were!

@Iztaccihuatl
Dear Heidemarie:

Generally you will find that TSA and others that inspect luggage.... and pat down pre-boarding
passengers are becoming more and more knowledgeable and discrete with their what they "discover."

You might have been correct about the best way to do that would be to just wear them but if they
called you our for a pat-down you could legitimently request a female TSA agent to do the task... 
...but male or female, I think that you would find them very discrete.

HUGS, Danielle

I never had any so I have had no experiences with TSA inspections of these forms.

Ahh TSA. I use to be very into male chastity, and I would wear chastity cage most of the time. Usually everyday and then it would come off after work when my wife got home. Sleep with it off and then back on for the day in the morning.

Anyways I decided I wanted to see if it would be detected when traveling. I had two that I wore the most. One was a plastic resin cage and the other was metal. On the flight out I wore the metal one. And no issues what so ever. No alarm, no extra pat down nothing. On the flight home I wore the plastic one figuring if the metal one did not do anything the plastic one will surely not be noticed either. Well it was noticed. No alarm. But the body scan apparently picked up more of a bulge and they had to do the back of the hand swipe pat down thing which they did not notice or care to ask if they did feel it.

But either way not embarrassing or not was I put on any form of public display.

I actually have not gone through TSA as myself presenting as female.  I feared that they may wonder what the lower bulge is, so I have not taken the chance with possible embarrassment.  All the more reason to perhaps to take MTF GCS more seriously.  I have driven quite a distance though as myself. 

Chrissy