Allergic to my wedding ring?

This sounds ridiculous but I think I'm allergic to my wedding band...

It's made of palladium and apparently that can cause dermatitis that can cause scarring which is exactly what it looks like?! I am gonna have a permanently scarred wedding band?

My engagement ring was made of a different metal and I have never reacted to that?

So, how do i find out if I'm right and what would you do? Get a new wedding band?! I LOVE my wedding ring, I don't want a different one!!

Edited by Anna

I got exczema from my engagement ring (which is gold) when I was preg with the gremlins which was really random coz I've never had it before or since.

Sorry, I don't have any advice, I just stopped wearing it till they were born and was fine after that. It itched like buggery tho.

Yep I get it too if I havent been careful to dry under it properly everytime I wash my hands. I'd say give you hands a breather too, and see how it goes.

BTW- good to see u back here~!

Hiya

I get wedding ring dermatitis sometimes if i don't rinse/dry underneath them properly (as kellz said above).
It's because soap/detergents etc can get caught under there and cause irritation. I find it's much worse now that I have the 3 rings instead of the two.

Try leaving them off for a while until the reaction clears, and when you put them back on, see if the reaction comes back. If you're allergic I would say it would come back fairly quickly?

Anyhoo, good luck!

Anna wrote: Andy thinks I am trying for new jewellry!

Oh now here is an idea....LOL

If you do a google search it sounds like a common problem and some people have had success coating the inside of their rings with clear nail polish. It has to be reapplied when it starts wearing off though..

I wouldn't think so only because it can't be too corrosive considering it's used on our nails? I only mentioned it since a bunch of people seem to do it though, not from personal experience.

I have this too.  Only started since I got my rings back on after having Luke.  Pharmicist says it is fungal and that leaving rings off for a few  days, drying hands properly etc should solve it.  Also trying a nappy rash cream... but nothing really helped, it still comes and goes...

I've emailed the jeweler about getting it coated in something, should hear back from her today. Will let you all know if she has anything of interest to say!

I'm giving them a break at the moment, the problem is that if I take them off then I always froget to put them back on! Seems silly to have great rings and not wear them...

I've just had an email from the jeweller...

Apparently this can happen when your ring it too tight so getting it half a size bigger can help. And also cause there are stones in the ring then grime can get stuck in the holes underneath which can cause it.

And you can get a ring rhodium plated (is that what they do for white gold also?) which may be able to help!