Experts say heat and sweat can trigger problems with metal jewelry, especially alloys. But some brands make alternatives.
You may have worn the same gold-color cuff or silvery earrings every day since you bought them on vacation, but now the skin around the jewelry has become red and itchy.
Allergies to metal accessories can appear without warning, sometimes brought on by a combination of summer heat and your body’s sweat. “Sweat can destabilize a poor-quality metal alloy and lead to the release of many metal atoms from the alloy, which can penetrate the skin,” Annick Barbaud, a professor on the faculty of medicine at the Sorbonne in Paris, wrote in an
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