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Allergy to costume jewelry: how to identify and treat

Allergy to costume jewelry: how to identify and treat

Costume jewelry is an accessory that complements the look and can be true jokers. However, if on the one hand these pieces contribute to make people more elegant. In some cases, jewelery can also cause an allergic reaction, causing health and aesthetic risks.

The reaction caused by wearing jewelry is contact dermatitis. Allergologist and immunologist Rosane Bleivas Bergwerk explains that when nickel comes into contact with the skin, it is absorbed by the Langerhans cells, which are present in the epidermis. Then, the nickel is processed and presented to memory T lymphocytes. After a period of days, the previously sensitized individual again contacts the antigen (allergen) and develops contact dermatitis.

Objects that rely on the presence of nickel are earrings, bracelets, necklaces, anklets, buttons jeans and watch straps. Dermatologist Valéria Marcondes, a member of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology and the American Academy of Dermatology, says that even pieces that are made of gold or silver but have some accessory made of nickel can cause an allergic reaction.

Types of allergy caused by Valeria explains that there are three levels of allergy caused by allergy:

Acute phase: redness, edema, vesicles (small blisters) and itching

  • Sub-acute phase: exudative lesions due to vesicle rupture with crust formation. Eczema appears
  • Chronic phase: presence of lichenification with very dry skin appearance. The main locations are the parts of the body in contact with the jewelry or piercing: hands, ears, neck and trunk.
  • How to Treat Allergies Caused by Costume Jewelry

The first step is to not wear costume jewelry in the affected region so that the skin regenerate. It is possible to improve the lesions with medications such as moisturizers, antihistamines, ointments or creams with steroids or tacrolimus and pimecrolimus.

Valéria points out that one can happen if the person manifests the allergy to the costume jewelry after an adult. Once this happens, it will always manifest allergic reactions if it comes in contact with nickel.

How to Prevent Allergies Caused by Costume Jewelry

There are other types of materials that do not cause allergic skin reactions such as yellow gold, silver

In the case of a zipper, a button of jeans, an appliqué on clothes, a piece of cloth, bags or in shoes should be replaced by other materials or cover them.


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