![]() If you are experience an allergic reaction, solutions vary greatly depending on the cause of the reaction. Check out our video on cleaning your jewelry at home for more tips and tricks here. It also helps to avoid exposing your jewelry to water or lotion. You can avoid this type of discoloration simply by keeping your jewelry clean and tarnish free. In both cases, the color will easily wipe or wash off. Also, tarnish from silver jewelry can rub off and leave a blackish residue. This isn’t an allergic reaction but a simple discoloration on top of the skin from the metal. For example, copper or metals that contain copper (like bronze) can cause the skin to turn green where the metal comes in contact with it. and reactions to metals can begin hours to days after contact and may last for several weeks.īefore we move on to solution it is important to note that not all skin reactions to metal are necessarily allergies. This means that even if nothing changed it is possible to suddenly become allergic to jewelry that you have been wearing trouble free for many years. A change in diet, again, could also lead to irritation due to a change in the skin’s chemical composition.Īdding to the confusion, metal allergies can develop at any age. This can lead to a confusing situation where a ring suddenly begins to irritate someone after years of problem free wear. Solder is often used when a ring is sized to bond the ring back together again. Furthermore, some people have no reaction to standard gold alloys, but are allergic to gold solder which has a different mix of alloys than regular gold. People are unlikely to be allergic to Rhodium, but as the plating wears off, irritation can start due to the fact that the skin is now in direct contact with the Nickel (or other metal) that they are allergic to. White gold alloys are often plated with Rhodium which is a member of the Platinum family. Jewelry, especially white gold, is often plated to give it a brighter finish. Determining the exact cause and solution of an allergic reaction is not as simple as it may seem. Some people are allergic to silver and we have even known someone to be allergic to pure gold (yes, it’s possible). The Nickel is what makes the gold white, but it can also cause an allergic reaction. One of the most common metal allergies is Nickel which is added to pure gold in many white gold alloys. (Own work) CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Skin irritation that could be caused by jewelry. Some people’s skin even turns black or green when they wear certain jewelry. This can show up as a rash or discoloration of the skin which can begin hours or even days after contact and may last for several weeks. Some people are allergic to certain metals that are used in jewelry. So, if the ring has never caused irritation in the past, and suddenly it does, it’s possible that a change in diet (eating more salty foods for instance) has caused your finger to swell slightly. Changes in diet can dramatically affect our finger sizes. Likewise, if there is a rough spot on the ring, that can normally be smoothed out by a jeweler. ![]() If the ring is too tight, it can cause irritation and the solution may simply be to size the ring up slightly. This can be caused by the design of the ring, a rough area that is the result of normal wear and tear, or a ring that is not sized correctly. These types of irritation can look very similar, but their root causes and solutions are very different. There are two main types of irritation: 1) Physical irritation caused by the metal rubbing against the skin, and 2) allergic reactions to jewelry. There are actually several different possible causes and it’s easy to waste a lot of time and money trying different solutions if you don’t know what the true source of the problem is. ![]() Photo by Alchemist-hp (Own work), via Wikimedia CommonsThe first step is to try to determine what the cause of the irritation is. Nickel is a jewelry metal that many are allergic to.
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