Posted by LittleTinSoldier in If you’ve ever bought cheap jewelry that leaves a greenish in color spot on your skin I’m sure you’ve wondered why it does that. Usually - there is a reaction caused by basic metals to just about everyone who buys cheap jewelry.
It happens to some faster than others; though, because our individual chemical makeups are different.
Even jewelry you pay more for can turn people’s skin green~ reason being even the expensive stuff isnt pure<, regardless of cost. Platinum is a safe choice as it almost never reacts with skin so not to fear if you own platinum jewelry. To keep gold jewelry reacting to your skin be sure its not plated gold – it has only a very fine coating of gold over top of a base metal and that coating wears off very quickly. For 100% gold jewelry thats not rinsed or plated switching to eighteen karat options will lower your chances of green skin.
Jewelry made from copper will almost always turn your skin green and theres really nothing to be done.
Avoid sweating in your jewelry it can amplify the skin to metal reaction and also ask your jeweler if there is anything that he can coat the jewelry item with – to keep your skin from reacting. If you can find something to keep the reaction to a minimum you should be able to wear your jewelry quite often. Just remember~ your skin turning green is a harmless reaction. It’s just a skin reaction and not an allergic reaction. Metal allergic reactions causes reddening and also will make your skin inflamed and itchy. Which is a far cry from the green skin that you see from jewelry.
If you do get an allergy to a piece of jewelry stop wearing that right away. If all you have is green skin you are safe to keep wearing the jewelry you may just have to clean your skin more so it doesn’t look bad.
At the end of the day coating your jewelry is generally your best choice.