A lot of people develop rashes if they wear a certain kind of jewellery. I spent my entire life attributing my inability to wear silver earrings to an allergy. However, I can get away with wearing rings and bracelets made of silver. Recently, I started having seconds thoughts about the reason behind my allergy to silver and I stumbled upon the concept of Nickel Allergy.
As some of you might know, metals like gold and silver are mixed with other metals like Zinc, Copper and Nickel in order to make jewellery. Hence, 24-Carat gold is the purest while 18-Carat gold has 18 parts of gold and 6 parts of another metal. If your jewellery contains Nickel, it is likely to cause an allergic reaction. This reaction is called Nickel Dermatitis. The intensity of reaction differs from person to person on the basis of their tolerance.
