Q: I have had allergies to all kind of watches (plastic, metal, material and leather). The only ones that work are necklace ones as they let air get to my skin more, but I can't find any that won't turn my skin green through them not being a proper jewelary metal. Can anyone help please?
Sorry. When I have my allergy it makes my skin red, swollen and VERY itchy. I know that this is ezcema but my cream cleans it up (during which I can't wear my watch) but it happens again within a week. It is driving me crazy!

A: You have a problem that I have had in a few customers. It appears to be a sensitivity to some metals. Copper, zinc, aluminum, or nickel are the main culprits. Most watches have either stainless steel backs or some type of gold plated band or buckle. Stainless steel is a high nickle content steel and most plated items have a combination of the other metals.
Your only solution is to wear high gold content watches and bands.
Gold is a metal that is totally safe as it does not have the ability of reacting to the human body, it is biologically inert. I have not heard of one documented case of gold allergy.

9 or 10 carat unfortunately has a 35 to 37% copper content , so you might experience problems. Gold plated watches might be OK for a little while till the plating wears through.

18 ct solid gold is the metal you will need to wear.

If worn a little loose the watch will not let a lot of perspiration (a mildly acidic liquid) to build up which will facilitate the metal irritant from the reactive metals mentioned above to affect you.

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