Have you ever had engagement rings or a necklace that makes your skin greenish in color you've most likely asked yourself why that happens. Generally - there is a reaction caused by basic metals to anyone who wheres jewelry made from cheaper metals. This occurs to some people more quickly than others; though, because our individual chemical makeups are different.
Even the more expensive jewelry can have the same effect~ because it's not totally pure- regardless of cost. Platinum is one metal that usually doesn't react with skin so there should be no concern if the stuff you wear is 100% platinum.
If you have gold jewelry and want to stop it from turning your skin 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 can rub off. For 'real' gold jewelry choosing a higher karat will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin.
Copper jewelry will green your skin and you'll have to just accept that if you wear copper.
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 can find something to keep the reaction to a minimum you can keep wearing your base metal jewelry without worry. Don't forget~ the green effect won't hurt you. It's just a skin reaction and not allergies. Metal allergic reactions causes reddening plus it could also make your skin feel itchy and inflamed. Which is nothing like 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 you'll just have to keep the area clean to avoid having it look bad.
Truth be told coating your jewelry is generally your best choice.
