nickel allergy
The red and / or swollen portions of the skin may indicate an allergic reaction to metals from the jewelry that you wear.
Nickel is the most common “guilty factor” to these problems.
One in four women present allergy to nickel (metal)
If you have skin irritation due to 14k gold jewelry you should know that these problems don’t occur because of gold but because of nickel content in them. In Generally, people are rarely allergic reactions to pure gold (24K).
It was found that women are more affected by allergy to nickel than men.
Different amounts of nickel are found everywhere: in soil, water and even air. Certain foods contain high amounts of metal: whole grains, vegetables, chocolate, tea and almost all canned foods. Therefore, consuming these foods, it’s possible to occur skin allergic reactions .
Metals used in dental work rarely give allergic reactions.
In a recent case, a woman suffered severe dermatitis over the whole body following a dental.
Once the metal work that was performed was replaced with titanium, allergic skin reactions have started to disappear. However, allergic reactions to metals used in dental are very rare (about one case per 100).