If you’ve ever had a piece of jewelry that turns your skin yellow you’ve probably wondered what causes it. Generally ; your skin is reacting to base metal to people who buys and wears low cost jewerly.
It happens to some people more quickly than others<, though, because our individual chemical makeups are different.
Even the more expensive jewelry can turn people's skin green; because it's not one hundred percent pure~ no matter how much it costs. Platinum is a safe choice as it almost never reacts with skin so you shouldn't have to worry if you buy platinum jewelry. To keep gold jewelry turning your skin green be sure its not gold plated or gold rinsed jewelry – it has only a very fine coating of gold over top of a base metal that will wear off. For 'real' gold jewelry opting for 18 karat will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin.
Copper will green your skin and you’ll have to just accept that if you wear copper.
Stay away from sweating in your jewelry because that can speed up the reaction between your skin and the metal you might also ask your jeweler if they can add a layer of protective coating – to keep your skin from reacting. If you do this you should be able to wear your jewelry quite often. Remember<, the green discoloration isn’t harmful. It’s just a skin reaction and not an allergic reaction. Allergies (such as those to nickel) will make you red and also will make your skin inflamed and itchy. Which is nothing like the green skin that you see from jewelry. 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 you’ll just have to keep the area clean to avoid having it look bad.
At the end of the day applying a coating is generally your best choice.