If you’ve ever had a piece of jewelry that turns your skin yellow you’ve most likely asked yourself why it does that. Usually <, it’s a reaction to base metal to people who wears cheap jewelry. This occurs to some people more quickly than others- though, due to the fact that everyone has different skin.

Even jewelry you pay more for can have the same effect~ reason being even the expensive stuff isnt pure<, regardless of cost. Platinum hardly ever reacts with skin so you shouldn’t have to worry if you buy platinum jewelry. If you have gold jewelry and want to stop it from making your skin green confirm that its authentic and not gold plated or gold rinsed jewelry – the base metal might be cheap and then covered with gold that will wear off. For jewelry made from solid gold choosing a higher karat will lower your chances of green skin. Copper jewelry will almost always turn your skin green and its hard to stop it.

Avoid sweating in your jewelry it can increase the green skin effect you can also get a special coating put on – to minimize the amount of green reaction your skin has. If you do this you can keep wearing your base metal jewelry without worry. Just remember<, the green effect won’t hurt you. It’s simply a reaction and not an allergy. Metal allergic reactions causes reddening and also will make your skin inflamed and itchy. It’s not anything like green skin. If you do get an allergy to a piece of jewelry stop wearing that right away. Green skin shouldnt scare you ore keep you from wearing your favorite pieces you may just have to clean your skin more to avoid having it look bad.

All in all coating your jewelry is usually the best option.