How Do I Choose the Right Earrings for Sensitive Ears?
The right earrings enhance your facial beauty and give you a sense of greater attractiveness. But, earrings can sometimes be a major issue, particularly if you have sensitive earlobes. They can cause annoying signs and symptoms of swelling, itching and pain.
But, that does not prevent allergic people from beautifying themselves with earrings. Rather, hypoallergic, biocompatible alternatives should be sought, such as gold earrings for sensitive ears.
Luna Felix Goldsmith has pointed out what to seek out and avoid in earring metals for sensitive ears, so that you can safely enhance beauty without hurting yourself.
What Causes Irritation from Earrings?
The main cause of earring irritation is earring allergy. The materials that but together earrings is a problem for your tender skin. Some people are allergic to metals such as nickel, cobalt, and copper when used for earrings.
In addition to metals, infection at the pierce location can lead to irritation from earrings. The infections are due to wrong aftercare or wearing earrings that you haven’t properly sterilized.
What to Look for and Avoid in Earrings for Sensitive Skin
When searching for sensitive-skin safe earrings, steer clear of irritants. Never wear nickel, the most common allergic irritant of the earlobe; in fact, you should avoid nickel earrings altogether. In addition, steer clear of earrings made of other metals such as cobalt and copper.
Hypoallergenic and biocompatible earrings are often safe. Both kinds are made with metals for sensitive ears, such as those used for earrings. The safe metals are surgical stainless steel, titanium, gold, nickel, platinum brass and.
Unless you want to gamble with any other earring, Luna Felix Goldsmith suggests the following for customers with earring allergies. The picks are made of biocompatible materials that hardly induce allergic reactions.
Platinum Diamond Earring
Platinum diamond earrings are made of platinum and diamond. The metals used to create these fine earrings for sensitive ears, are beautifully designed, and are very durable. Earrings fashioned from them will always be in style and will not break for decades.
In addition to strength and aesthetics, platinum diamonds are inert, one of the characteristics that makes it safe for your delicate earlobes. This means that earrings made of platinum diamond will hardly react with your skin.
Anodized Titanium Earrings
These earrings, as the name implies, are made of anodized titanium. This metal is non-reactive with the skin, and is biocompatible. It is not surprising then that titanium is the most popular material to be used for medical implants and surgical devices.
In addition, titanium is very light. This means that, even if you have to wear jewelry for long periods of time, earrings made in this metal will alleviate pressure and discomfort on earlobes. Better still, anodized titanium earrings are also made with excellent corrosion resistance.
Gold Earrings for Sensitive Ears
Another option for allergic earring wearers are gold earrings, like Luna Felix Goldsmith earrings, 14K gold being the safest. Like titanium, 14K gold for earrings is also biocompatible, which means earlobes are less likely to react to the metal and cause discomforts such as itching.
Besides being biocompatible, gold earrings for sensitive ears also do not tarnish for a long time. Due to this excellent tarnish resistance, your gold earrings for sensitive skin will always be beautiful.
For over two decades, Santa Fe earrings shoppers have turned to Luna Felix Goldsmith as their trusted Santa Fe jeweler. Come by our Santa Fe store, located at 116 W San Francisco St # 208, Santa Fe, NM 87501 to browse our beautiful collection of earrings.