You wear a gown but your breast must be uncovered while taking the mammogram so you can put it in the machine.
Dr. Andre Willemin and Pr Charles Gros in 1965.
V76.12 Other screening mammogram or793.80 Abnormal mammogram,unspecifiedorV76.11 Screening mammogram for high-risk patient
Mammogram not elsewhere classified
Mammogram.
Clothing from the waist up is removed and a hospital gown or similar covering is put on. The woman stands facing the mammography machine.
A mammogram.
Most women have no symptoms after a mammogram. Women who find the compression uncomfortable may have some fleeting and minor breast tenderness after a mammogram.
A script for a mammogram may say "malignant neoplasia, other" because that is the purpose of the mammogram. The mammogram is a screening test to look for cancer ("malignant neoplasia") of the breast.
First you have to get a doctor's order for mammogram.This procedure is done a week before or after menstruation.The breast tissue is compressed by the machine to detect lumps.This procedure is not painful.
I would definitely say wait until after your mammogram to get pierced
It is important because if you had a mammogram in the past then the doctors can compare the old mammogram film to the new one and see if there are any changes.