I'm often asked what someone can do when all of a sudden they've become allergic to their jewelry. I've heard complaints about rashes, itchy skin, etc, but is this really the problem? The culprit may not be a skin allergy, it may be a question of how to keep your ring clean!
I have found that if you do the following, you may be able to alleviate the problems that you are experiencing. First, one warning, this method works very well for diamond jewelry, but I don't recommend this for jewelry that has Emeralds, opals or pearls, as this may harm these types of stones, so please take note.
It may be possible that your ring is just very dirty underneath, and this may be what’s affecting your skin. I would try the following and see if this helps.
Take a glass of warm water, put a couple of drops of Dawn dish soap in the glass (not joy, Palmolive, Ivory, etc, only dawn) and let your ring soak for about 10 minutes. Dawn's advertised grease cutting agent seems to work quite well with diamond jewelry. Pull the stopper in the sink just in case you drop your ring on the next step. Take an old, soft toothbrush, and gently scrub the ring, inside, outside, bottom, underneath, etc, while holding it under the faucet, until you can visually see that everything appears clean.
Be sure to let your rings dry completely before putting them back on, and do not wear them at night, which gives any new gunk underneath a chance to dry so that it won’t react with your skin.
Try this for a few days and see if the problem doesn’t clear up!
So simple, yet very effective.
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Nice way to avoid being allergic to rings, thanks for sharing it. It will really help for people who are allergic of rings.
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