!#5: Allergic Reaction to Nickel Alloyed White Gold Jewelry

!±8± Allergic Reaction to Nickel Alloyed White Gold Jewelry

White gold is routinely alloyed down with nickel. Nickel causes allergic reactions in a lot of people.
It's probably showing up now, because your ring was plated in rhodium (the whitest member of the platinum family) when you bought it. This is normal, as white gold all the time has a miniature warmth to it, so it is almost all the time plated in rhodium.

The rhodium has worn off. The white gold, alloyed with nickel is in direct caress with your skin. You are reacting to the nickel. One easy explication is to bring the ring in to the jeweler where you purchased it and have it replated with rhodium. Or, you could trade the ring in for a white gold ring that does Not include nickel, a palladium ring or a platinum ring.
The metal rhodium is essentially inert to the skin, hypoallergenic, no reaction. What the reaction could be is a basic metals reaction and that Should Not be happening if the rings have a real rhodium plate.

My suggestion? caress Qvc and tell them of the problem. They should whether give your money back or replace the item with one with a real rhodium plate!
Green is a reaction generally to base metals, such as copper, etc., which are whether preplate(done below the rhodium on metals like silver) or part of the the meatal alloy the ring is made of.

Either the plate is not rhodium or is a poor job at plating. Qvc owes you an write back on this one and your may use my write back when you caress them if you want.
Without seeing the ring and de facto examining it, I can say miniature about the ring itself.

"Temporary Fix. Recommended for you to Try:
Rhodium is a hard and durable white metal. Most white gold is given a quick plated layer of rhodium when brand new or when repaired.

This thin layer of rhodium gives the metal a whiter look. Rhodium is also a metal that does not react with the skin. A local jeweler should de facto be able to refinish, buff up nicely and rhodium plate your ring. The look is good. The benefit to you is the rhodium provided a security layer in the middle of the nickel in the ring and your sensitive skin! The rhodium works very well when the plating is done correctly. You can expect the rhodium to wear off in time but you should get 6mos to a year of wear before the ring should be plated with rhodium again. We often do this assistance for ladies who love white gold earrings but have problems. With yellow gold problems, we plate the parts touching the skin and it works until the rhodium at last wears away."

Is your ring white gold? If so, the rhodium plating by a local jeweler should ease the problem immensely and the outside will last a fair estimate of time before redoing is needed. If the ring is yellow, there are likely environmental issues here, including swimming pool chemicals and salty air(if living near the ocean).

Chemicals will often build up in a miniature way and lead to skin reactions or smudges. Salty air can lead to a build up of residue which will cause smudges or even some sensitive skin reactions. For yellow gold, the explication is difficult but involves whether avoiding the environmental issues or cleaning the ring quite often(every concentrate of days) with a good diplomatic scrub with a diplomatic dish detergent and rinsing well.