| "All the jewelry I wear makes me break out." | | | | don't contain Nickel? |
| How many times have you had a reaction to | | | | Let's first investigate Gold. In most cases, yellow |
| your jewelry? This allergic reaction to some | | | | Gold jewelry (14K and above) will not cause and |
| metals is commonly referred to as dermatitis. In | | | | allergic reaction. Not so with white Gold. White |
| most cases, the Nickel content of most jewelry is | | | | Gold is an allow of yellow Gold and Nickel, thus |
| the culprit. Nickel allergies are quite common. | | | | producing the Silver color. One out of every nine |
| Nearly one in seven people experience an allergic | | | | people will react to the Nickel in white Gold. |
| reaction to Nickel. More women tend to suffer | | | | Another form of Gold jewelry is Gold-filled or "GF" |
| from Nickel allergies than men. This may be simply | | | | jewelry. Gold-filled jewelry is made by |
| due to the fact that women wear more jewelry | | | | heat-bonding a layer of Gold around a base metal. |
| then men, and therefore are more likely to be | | | | Gold-filled differs from Gold plate by the amount |
| exposed to Nickel. What jewelry metals then | | | | of Gold applied. |