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Gold-tone over base metal is not the same as gold. Silver-tone over base metal is not the same thing as silver. Many base metals are used to make jewelry, and they are often coated with paint to make it look like gold or silver, but once the paint wears off, the metal can react with the skin and turn it green.
This is especially true of jewelry that is made of copper and then coated with paint. Copper reacts to the sweat in a person's skin, and turns green.
Gold-filled and gold-plated jewelry may also have certain base metals that react with a person's skin. The same is true of silver-plated and silver-filled.
Sterling silver, Bali silver and such are not reactive and should not turn the skin green.
Gold should not turn the skin green.
Electroplate is another way of fusing gold or silver to base metal, and it is very durable, but if the plating ever cracks, the base metal could be reactive with the skin.
The way to avoid purchasing something that will turn your skin green is to check for the tiny stamp imprinted on gold (it will tell how many carats of gold the jewelry is made of) and sterling silver (it will say sterling, and perhaps be accompanied by some numbers).
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Is it bad if jewelry makes your skin turn green?
I think it is bad for skin
Will aluminum jewelry turn your skin green?
Copper is what is in jewelry that turns skin green after lengthily wear. If the aluminum is If the aluminum is anodized it won't corrode at all.
Will gold overlay turn your finger green?
Jewelry with a gold overlay can possibly turn your skin green. This is determined by if you have a skin allergy to the metal under the overlay.
Does silvertone turn your neck green?
Silvertone jewelry is a costume jewelry made to look like silver. It can cause skin to turn green due to the copper and nickel in the metal
Will white copper and zinc jewelry turn your skin green?
Depends on the persons skin, and if they take care of it.
What makes jewelry cause skin to turn green?
the jewelry oxidizes when it gets wet. Like copper does when its outside.
Why is my sterling silver and gold jewelry both turning my skin black when I rub it on my skin?
http://www.helium.com/items/597008-why-do-some-jewelry-metals-turn-skin-green
How can you make jewelry not turn your skin green?
Wear Silpada!!!! Usually, only fake, costume jewelry will turn green. This is because it is made from copper instead of gold and the oils form you skin cause the copper to corrode. The green corrosion can stain your fingers or any other skin the metal is held against. So, short answer, get some real jewelry...
Why does silver jewelry turn pink?
Silver jewelry may turn pink if the jewelry is fake. This because the outer coating has been peeled away due to wear and tear. Fake jewelry may also turn a person's skin green.
How is does fake jewelry turn your skin green if you have it long for a long time?
The reason some costume jewelry turns skin green is because the outer plating has worn off and the copper alloy metal underneath is exposed. It is the copper in the metal that is turning your finger green.
Why does gold jewelry turn skin green?
because It's plated copper! pay attention in chemistry, you pleb
Why does fake jewelry change color?
It's a chemical reaction. Sometimes after wearing jewelry, your skin that was in contact will turn green. It's because the jewelry wasn't in fact silver or gold, but cheap copper.
