Posted by Maria Perez in If you’ve ever had a piece of jewelry that leaves a greenish in color spot on your skin you’ve probably wondered why that happens. Basically – your skin is reacting to the metal in the jewelry to just about everyone who buys and wears low cost jewerly.
It happens to some faster than others- though, because everyone’s composition is just a little bit different.
Even the more expensive jewelry can have the same effect; because it’s not totally pure- regardless of gold or silver content. Platinum is a safe choice as it almost never reacts with skin so not to fear if you buy platinum jewelry. If you have gold jewelry and want to stop it from making you look green make sure that you don’t have made from cheap metal and then plated – the base metal might be cheap and then covered with gold that will wear off. If you have solid gold jewelry choosing a higher karat only can help reduce the marks that are left on your skin. Jewelry made from copper will almost always turn your skin green and there isn’t a whole lot you can do about that.
Stay away from wearing jewelry when you’re sweating a lot because that can speed up the reaction between your skin and the metal and also ask your jeweler if there is anything that he can coat the jewelry item with – in order to try to stop the reaction or minimize it. 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 a chemical skin reaction and not allergies. Metal allergic reactions will make you red and also will make your skin inflamed and itchy. It’s not anything like a green skin reaction. so make sure if you notice an allergy developing that you stop wearing your jewelry right away. If all you have is green skin you are safe to keep wearing the jewelry just be sure to keep the skin clean so it doesn’t look bad.
All in all coating your jewelry is probably the answer.