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Does it matter what metal the body jewelry is made of?In: Body Piercing |
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Yes, it matters, and it matters a lot.
Your body could be highly sensitive to particular metals and thus it is important that you be aware of what metal your body jewelry is made up of. Titanium, silver, gold, stainless steel etc are the metals that are usually used to make body jewelry. But whatever metal it is, you need to know that in all probability it will be an alloy and have some other metal mixed in it.
Now this is where you need to make sure that the alloy does not have too much of nickel in it. T has been seen hat nickel is the one metal which irritates almost everyone’s skin and makes the healing of piercings difficult. Thus, you should avoid body jewelry that is made from nickel or has too much nickel content in it. 316 LVM ASTM F-138 Stainless Steel, 6AL4V ASTM F-136 Titanium, and gold are the safest metals as far as body jewelry is concerned.
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