Have you ever had engagement rings or a necklace that turns your skin yellowish I’m sure you’ve been curious why that happens. Most Often <, it's a reaction to base metal to anyone who wears cheap jewelry.
This occurs to some faster than others~ though, because our individual chemical makeups are different.
Even the more expensive jewelry can turn people’s skin green- reason being it’s not one hundred percent pure; no matter how much gold or silver is in it. Platinum is a safe choice as it almost never reacts with skin so no worries if you buy platinum jewelry. To try to stop gold jewelry from reacting to your skin make sure that you don’t have plated gold – its a cheaper metal with a thin gold layer that can rub off. For jewelry made from solid gold opting for 18 karat will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin. Jewelry made from copper will green your skin and you’ll have to just accept that if you wear copper.
Try to avoid wearing jewelry when you’re sweating a lot because that can speed up the reaction between your skin and the metal you can also get a special coating put on – to keep your skin from reacting. If you do this you can keep wearing your base metal jewelry without worry. Just remember; your skin turning green is a harmless reaction. It’s just a skin reaction and not an allergy.
Allergies will will make you red 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 show signs of allery stop wearing the jewelry. If it’s only turning your skin green you can certainly continue wearing it as long as you like just be sure to keep the skin clean so its not ugly.
All in all applying a coating is generally your best choice.
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