Have you ever had engagement rings or a necklace that turns your skin yellowish I’m sure you’ve wondered why it does that. Generally – it’s a reaction to base metal to everyone who buys cheap jewelry. It happens to some people more quickly than others<, though, because our individual chemical makeups are different.
Even jewelry you pay more for can have the same effect~ reason being it’s not totally pure<, no matter how much gold or silver is in it. Platinum is a safe choice as it almost never reacts with skin so you shouldn’t have to worry if you own platinum jewelry. To keep gold jewelry turning your skin green make sure that you don’t have plated gold – it has only a very fine coating of gold over top of a base metal and that coating wears off very quickly. If you have solid gold jewelry spending the extra on 18 karat gold will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin. Copper jewelry will almost always turn your skin green and theres really nothing to be done.
Avoid wearing jewelry when you’re sweating a lot 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 guard your skin from the reaction. If you can find something to keep the reaction to a minimum you can wear inexpensive jewelry whenever you want. Remember~ the green discoloration isn’t harmful. It’s a chemical skin reaction and not an allergic reaction. Allergies will turn your skin red plus it could also make your skin feel itchy and inflamed. Which is nothing like a green skin reaction. If you do show signs of allery stop wearing the jewelry. Green skin shouldnt scare you ore keep you from wearing your favorite pieces you may just have to clean your skin more so its not ugly.
At the end of the day coating it is usually the best option.