Anyone else allergic to Nickel ?(ei, costume jewelry, silver, etc.)

[tar heel]

I'm horribly allergic to nickel, too. I have a couple things that contain it that I really like and wear once in a while for an hour or so. I've found I can usually wear it a little while. Solid sterling and 14K and up gold are fine, though. There's so much silver jewelry that really isn't solid silver, and I've found that the people selling it either don't know it contains nickel or will lie to you. I have a turquoise ring that came from a vendor at the Wilderness Lodge who assured me it contained no nickel. I should have known better -- it didn't cost enough to be solid silver.


I gave up on my pierced ears, too -- haven't worn any earrings in about 20 years.

 

[Helopoh]

We found out Dorian was allergic to Nikel when he was a baby. During the summer it was so hot that I had him in a button up baby jumper with no undershirt for a few hours one afternoon when it was really really hot and he was in his Leaky faucet stage of drooling. When we got him home I changed his clothes and found these 2 red rings on his chest. I was freaked out thinking it was ring worm...lol We took him to the doc the next morning and that is when he told me he was allergic to nikel but the rash took on a very real ring worm look from the buttons...So from that point on I have been coating all of his buttons with nail polish which helps alot and I bought the clothes that came with the coated buttons that helped as well. It seems the moisture makes it worse and on occasion he still gets the rash on his belly from an odd pair of jeans.

 

[jel0511]

Me too!!! the only thing I can wear is platnium!!! Sometimes it's annoying, but hey it's sometimes a NICE thing to have. I'm not very big on jewerly anyway, so it doesn't bother me. I just have one pair of nice diamond studs that I can wear everywhere, my engagement ring and wedding ring, and my only necklace is also diamond and platnium. My watch doesn't bother me, but I have to buy nice ones. I have a Movado stainless steel that I've had for 6 years now, and it hasn't bothered me once!!! I don't have much, but what I have I LOVE!!!!