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* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14334&st=&pgnum=263 Chazon Ish YD 94:8] is lenient for a woman who had a hole in her ear to place a cotton in the ear with oil on it since the oil is a liquid substance. His main discussion is regarding the oil and not the cotton.  
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14334&st=&pgnum=263 Chazon Ish YD 94:8] is lenient for a woman who had a hole in her ear to place a cotton in the ear with oil on it since the oil is a liquid substance. His main discussion is regarding the oil and not the cotton.  
* Ben Ish Chai in Rav Poalim 2:27 is strict on the cotton in the ear because she wants it there to be tight. Rather he advises having another person wet their hands and not so tightly cover her ears while she's tovel.</ref>
* Ben Ish Chai in Rav Poalim 2:27 is strict on the cotton in the ear because she wants it there to be tight. Rather he advises having another person wet their hands and not so tightly cover her ears while she's tovel.</ref>
# Contact lenses should be removed before tevilah and if they are hard and are usually removed at night they must be removed before the mikveh, if she didn't some are lenient after the fact if she was already with her husband, but others are not. However, hard lenses which she wears all time when she sleeps and showers, according to Sephardim don't need to be removed and according to Ashkenazim need to be removed but if they weren't after the fact they're not a chatzitza.<ref>Orot Hatahara p. 344, Taharat Habayit v. 3 p. 26-7. See Ohel Sarah 3:6, Chut Shani p. 279.</ref>
#  If a limb is hanging off the body it constitutes a chatzitza.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 198:22. The Bet Yosef 198:22 s.v. v’tzarich in his first explanation explains that since the limb isn’t deriving living off the body anymore it is like it is already detached and poses as a chatzitza to the area where it is attached. The Bach 198:21 explains that since it needs to be cut by a doctor it isn’t like it is already cut, therefore it is a chatzitza. See the Taz 198:22 for another explanation.</ref>
#  If a limb is hanging off the body it constitutes a chatzitza.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 198:22. The Bet Yosef 198:22 s.v. v’tzarich in his first explanation explains that since the limb isn’t deriving living off the body anymore it is like it is already detached and poses as a chatzitza to the area where it is attached. The Bach 198:21 explains that since it needs to be cut by a doctor it isn’t like it is already cut, therefore it is a chatzitza. See the Taz 198:22 for another explanation.</ref>
# If a woman has an IUD inside it isn’t a chatzitza.<ref> Tzitz Eliezer 10:25:10 writes that a ring placed in the womb isn’t a chatzitza because it is deeper than where the man penetrates and is considered completely inside the body and not just a concealed area. Furthermore, they are left there for a long period of time and should be considered as though she doesn’t care. The Laws of Niddah v. 2 p. 303 quotes this regarding IUD.
# If a woman has an IUD inside it isn’t a chatzitza.<ref> Tzitz Eliezer 10:25:10 writes that a ring placed in the womb isn’t a chatzitza because it is deeper than where the man penetrates and is considered completely inside the body and not just a concealed area. Furthermore, they are left there for a long period of time and should be considered as though she doesn’t care. The Laws of Niddah v. 2 p. 303 quotes this regarding IUD.