She did WHAT with pliers?

Famed attorney Gloria Allred is representing Mandi Hamlin,a Texas woman who claims she was flying from Lubbock to Dallas and forced by TSA staff to remove nipple piercings after setting off a handheld metal detector and suffered distress.One came off easy but the piercing on her other breast required the use of pliers.TSA says that they can ask piercings be removed to avoid a physical "pat-down" but Allred says her client was not given that option.
Allred said "After nipple rings are inserted, the skin can often heal around the piercing, and the rings can be extremely difficult and painful to remove." DUH! Speaking as a woman who has had major reconstructive breast surgery,I cannot fathom why one would deliberately pierce one of the most nerve-rich tissue in their bodies and mutilate it.I have no grudge against anyone who likes piercings,I am just not that into it.And maybe it is just me but wouldn't you take the piercings out (she had barbell type jewelry) before flying to avoid this kind of thing in the first place?Everyone is whining about increased airport security so this thing is bound to happen.I do feel for Ms.Hamblin but the mere fact that she felt it necessary to retain Gloria Allred,who is known for taking high profile cases tells me she wants to capitalize on it.