Cliptomania.com knows there are many people with mildly to moderately "sensitive ears” due to an allergic reaction to
nickel
commonly found in earrings. "Nickel Free" clip-on earrings are a
comfortable, affordable alternative to wearing regular earrings. Many
of the alloys used in jewelry contain nickel. What is nickel? Nickel is
a chemical element, pre-eminently an alloy metal, used in many other
alloys, such as nickel brasses and bronzes, and alloys with copper,
chromium, aluminum, lead, cobalt, silver, and gold.
All metals contain
nickel, at least as impurities. Fifteen percent of the population
experiences an allergic reaction to nickel. These
sensitized people may show an
allergy to nickel affecting their skin, known as
dermatitis. Sensitivity to nickel may also appear in patients with
pompholyx.
The reaction is not to the nickel itself, but the metallic salts
created when the metal comes into contact with perspiration. Nickel
allergies affecting ears are often marked by itchy, red skin. Many
earrings are now made nickel-free due to this problem allowing those who
experience this sensitivity to comfortably wear jewelry again.
With
this in mind, Cliptomania.com continues to offer dozens of Nickel-Free clip on
earrings styles, as well as the best variety of non-pierced hoops, gold,
sterling silver, bold, designer, and lead-compliant earrings for
children over the age of four. Cliptomania.com! An Internet store
exclusively devoted to quality non-pierced earrings since 1999.