Hvorfor gjør mine ører/øredobber dette?
A lot of cheap jewellery contains copper. It will either be made of copper, possibly plated with a thin layer of another metal, or be made of a copper alloy. Copper will react with acidic substances that are naturally produced on the surface of your skin, and the result of the reaction will be copper salts that appear green.
It is the same process which turned the Statue of Liberty green.
Other metals can also create residues from these kind of reactions, like the dark tarnish that forms on silver.
Metals like gold and platinum, as well as looking pretty, do not undergo these kind of reactions, which is why they are so valued as a material to make jewellery from.
Lenge før jeg fikk hull i ørene advarte mamma meg om metallallergi, nemlig nikkel og kobber, fordi hun har sterke reaksjoner på metallet når hun ville ha på seg kroker eller nagler. Heldigvis, allergien ser ut til å ha forbigått min generasjon.
Mest billig, eller kostymeøreringer er laget av rimelige metaller eller blandinger av metaller som nikkel eller kobber. Metaller som sterling sølv, eller gull er generelt hypoallergene, og trygt å ha på seg. Det samme gjelder rustfritt stål, selv om det ikke er alle.
Hvis du har funnet det perfekte paret billige øredobber, det er best å kjøpe løse kroker som du kan bruke til å erstatte de billige. Du finner disse i enhver håndverksbutikk, men du trenger en tang for å bøye metallet.
Symptomene på metallallergi er kløe, opphovning, eller rødhet rundt området, noen ganger en klar utflod eller i alvorlige tilfeller, blemmer.
Det er en god idé å være forsiktig med alle typer metall du putter i kroppen din. Ikke bare øredobber, men tungen, øyenbryn, navle, leppe, og nesepiercinger vil også reagere hvis du er allergisk mot metallet.
I’ll tell you what my professionally trained piercer told me to do when I had my ears re-pierced about 2 år siden. Leave the starter earrings in. Clean them a couple of times a day with an antiseptic liquid like Bandaid Brand. Do NOT twist the earrings, this will introduce germs into the open, healing area in your earlobe. Healing will take 2–6 months.
Since I’m an old lady, I gave myself the whole six months and a little bit more before I even attempted to change out my earrings. Following this protocol, I had absolutely no problems and healed beautifully.
And just for the record, she told me also to never have a piercing done with a gun. It rips and tears right through your flesh, doing a lot more damage than her needle and forceps method. I’ve had it done both ways over the years. My piercing gun piercings never healed in 18 Måneder, and I was only in my 30’s then. Her piercing was so clean, I literally walked out of the salon in no pain at all. All I ever felt was the little prick as she passed the needle through. I’m still amazed by that.