The Reason Some Rings Can Stain

Have you ever had engagement rings or a necklace that turns your skin green I’m sure you’ve wondered why it does that. Generally - it’s a reaction to basic metals to people who wears jewelry that is cheaper. The greening can occur to some people more quickly than others~ though, because everyone’s composition is just a little bit different.

Even the more expensive jewelry can turn you green too; because it’s not totally pure~ regardless of cost. Platinum rarely reacts with skin so no worries if you buy platinum jewelry. To try to stop gold jewelry from making you look green confirm that its authentic and not made from cheap metal and then plated – it has only a very fine coating of gold over top of a base metal and that coating wears off very quickly. If you have solid gold jewelry choosing a higher karat will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin.
Copper will also turn your skin green and there isn’t a whole lot you can do about that.

Stay away from wearing jewelry when you’re sweating a lot it can increase the green skin effect and also ask your jeweler if there is anything that he can coat the jewelry item with – to minimize the amount of green reaction your skin has. If you can find something to keep the reaction to a minimum you should be able to wear your jewelry quite often.
Just remember; the green effect won’t hurt you. It’s a chemical skin reaction and not allergies.
Metal allergic reactions will make you red and also will make your skin inflamed and itchy. Which is nothing like the green skin that you see from jewelry.
If you do get an allergy to a piece of jewelry stop wearing that right away. If it’s only turning your skin green you can certainly continue wearing it as long as you like you’ll just have to keep the area clean so its not ugly.

All in all applying a coating is generally your best choice.