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More and more people like to wear fashionable jewelry, however, various symptoms appear in this process, following are very frequent sick symptoms, rough understanding of the same helps much to avoid occurrence of them, and then it’s able to decorate and make up yourself without concerns.
Generally, pure gold/silver or jewelry ornaments are stable in properties, and the probability of incidence of skin allergy is low, however, after contact with jewelry, the wearer of allergic constitution is likely to suffer dermatitis due to certain inflammation. Common symptoms are partial skin pruritus, burn, erythema, molting or papilla, blister or purulent secretion after wearing jewelry like necklace and ring, and even developing ulcer or inducing asthma or systemic urticaria in serious case. Therefore, in choosing and wearing jewelry, you should be certain that whether your skin has allergic reaction or not, and avoid wearing dermatitis-inducing jewelry as possible, such as gilded, silver-gilt, chrome-plated or nickel-plated jewelry.
Ring syndrome: after permanent wearing of ring at daytime and nighttime, your fingers will suffer anaesthesia, tumefaction or pain, the ring pressed finger skin, muscle and bone depress into ring malformation, which is likely to cause finger deformation, and will affect blood circulation and even cause local necrosis if not be taken off. After wearing of ring for a long time, it’s hard to clean the skin in contact with the ring, where pathogen and virus multiply and propagate, and pathogenic microorganism will infect. Thus, wearing ring day and night is harmful.
Earring syndrome: it’s unhealthful to have your ears pierced for wearing earring at a roadside store. If ears piercing tools are not disinfected thoroughly, it’s likely to cause infection of disease such as tetanus. Some people, after ears piercing, fill the holes with wire, bamboo stick or batt, which not only prevents healing of holes, but also causes pathogenic infection and proliferation, and even ear chondritis. It’s recommended to have your ears pierced at qualified beauty salon or hospital. And avoid ears piercing in summer, when it is sweaty, and inflammation is likely to occur on skin around ear hole. Moreover, wearing earrings when you are too young may cause skin canker as a result of earrings rubbing skin.
Radiation sickness caused by gold jewelry: one health and quarantine organization in New York has tested thousands of gold jewelry, and found over 70 ornaments containing radioactive elements. Some radioactive elements, like polonium, cobalt and radium, coexist with gold ores; during mining, refining and producing gold jewelry, a few radioactive elements unavoidably remain and mingle. When wearing gold jewelry containing such radioactive elements, you’ll be radiated after skin exposure, leading to radiation sickness, and even radiation cancer in serious case.
Therefore, in choosing fashionable jewelry, you should buy the products of reputed jewelry makers, for their products are not only with exquisitely processed appearance, but also made of fine materials that are basically environment-friendly.
Understand Allergic Phenomena in Wearing Jewelry
Many people suffer various allergies in wearing jewelry, Red Nymph consultant will give some insights about some allergic phenomena during wearing jewelry.
Copper Jewelry
Copper reaction will cause green skin. Maybe our jewelry is not made of pure copper, the copper content is sufficient to react with the skin. In particular, when some people have strong body chemistry, speckles are likely to occur.
Pure Silver Jewelry
Pure silver contains 7.5% copper, however, stains caused by most pure copper jewelry are black, and all are blackened after reaction of metal and the air. Coating is applied on some pure copper jewelry to prevent air-induced oxidation, but the coating will peel off with the wearing time.
Gold Jewelry
Gold by itself nearly will not cause any stain on your skin, but it will when mixing with other metal. Mixture of copper, nickel, silver and gold can change the gold color, harden the gold jewelry and reduce the cost. Any of these metals will leave some traces on your skin. The less count of K (Karat) is marked on gold jewelry, indicating lower gold purity and higher content of other metal. Some people wearing 10K gold jewelry have no reaction, but others must buy 18K gold jewelry for fear of discoloring.
Nickel Allergy
If you’re allergic to nickel, it’ll not only stain your skin, but also cause skin pruritus, swollen inflammation and even yellow pus.
How to Avoid Allergy?
As for gold necklace, gold jewelry of high purity should be chosen, for example, 18K gold
Choose platinum jewelry as possible, which is expensive but nearly does not react with skin, and belongs to non-allergic jewelry
If possible, choose stainless steel jewelry or titanium jewelry, which is unlikely to react with skin and does not cause metallic allergy
Buy jewelry marked “low allergic” on the label, which is specially designed and produced for people of allergic skin
Keep dry skin when wearing jewelry, keep clean jewelry to avoid rusting, in addition, dress a layer of clear nail polish in the area in contact with your skin.
If you have a nickel allergy, the best way to avoid symptoms is to avoid objects containing nickel. However, this can be challenging, since nickel is present in many common household items.
To avoid exposure and reduce symptoms, dermatologists recommend the following tips:
Choose jewelry carefully. It’s common for a nickel allergy to develop from wearing jewelry containing nickel. Earrings, earring backs and watches are some of the biggest culprits; however necklaces, rings and bracelets containing nickel can also trigger symptoms. To avoid exposure, only wear jewelry that is nickel-free, hypoallergenic, or made from metals such as surgical-grade stainless steel, 18-, 22-, or 24-karat yellow gold, pure sterling silver, or platinum. In addition, wear watchbands made of leather, cloth or plastic.
Check your clothing. It’s also common for belt buckles, bra hooks, and metal buttons, zippers and snaps to contain nickel. If your clothing has these, replace them with ones that are plastic or plastic-coated. You can also create a barrier between these items and your skin by coating the items with clear nail polish. However, the nail polish will need to be re-applied often.
Cover electronics. Recent reports suggest that some electronic devices, including cell phones, laptops, and tablets, may contain nickel. To avoid exposure, always use a protective cover on your electronic devices.
Substitute household objects containing nickel with objects made of other materials. Examples include brass keys, titanium-coated or stainless steel razors, pots and pans with silicone handles, and titanium or plastic eyeglass frames.
Avoid foods containing nickel if you are extremely sensitive to nickel. Some foods that contain high amounts of nickel include soy products—such as soybeans, soy sauce, and tofu—licorice, buckwheat, cocoa powder, clams, cashews, and figs.
For example，We really focus on prevention to keep nickel allergy rashes at bay. Wear gold, platinum, stainless steel or nickel-free jewelry. Silver jewelry is often a mixture of metals, so you need to make sure the silver doesn’t contain nickel. Use cloth, leather or plastic watchbands. If you have issues with belt buckles, wear an undershirt that tucks into your pants or skirt so there’s nothing rubbing against your skin. People have tried painting the item with clear nail polish, but there’s no scientific evidence it works. Usually, we just try to eliminate nickel or put a barrier between the skin and the allergen.
If earrings make your earlobes itch or your necklace leaves a rash around your neck, you may be allergic to nickel.
It’s one of the most common skin allergies, in part because nickel is used in so many things, including jewelry, cell phones, coins, zippers, eyeglass frames, belt buckles, and keys.
You’ll usually see symptoms 12 to 48 hours after you come into contact with nickel.
You may notice itching, redness, rash, dry patches, and swelling of the skin. Sometimes blisters follow. They may break, leaving crusts and scales.
If left untreated, your skin may become darker, leathery, and cracked. Most likely, the rash is only on the part of your skin in direct contact with the nickel.
In serious cases, the rash may spread. Sweating can make it worse.