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@mabfp3 I did have an allergy blood test prior to spine surgery that didn’t find anything. I also had problems with pierced earrings so I expected it. Titanium isn’t pure either. I was fine for 6 months and then I got hives. It just shows that you can develop an allergic reaction later after a period of exposure. My surgeon knows about this since he took his plates out and I have been fine ever since. Thanks for your concern. I hope I don’t need more replacement parts.
Dr. Young-Min Kwon is an orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General in Boston. He runs the Biomedical Lab and he is a professor at Harvard Medical School. You should send him an email. If he doesn't have an answer, he would know who would.