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Allergic skin reactions to jewellery
We have found that most skin reactions to jewellery are usually caused by nickel contained in the final product. Nickel is used in most costume jewellery to provide a shiny finish and smooth surface. Nickel allergy can occur at any age. It typically manifests 12-48 hours after the first contact. The reaction may appear as an itchy, […]
Titanium (Ti-22) : 5 Top Facts
1. Discovered by a Clergyman and mineralogist William Gregor in 1791, in Cornwall UK. Gregor was an original member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. 2. Named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth the leading German chemist of his time, after the Greek mythology Gods – The Titans.(first sons of the Earth), He discovered Uranium (in 1789) and […]
About Us / Key Sensitive Jewellery
We are a small enterprise composed of a husband and wife team. Sarah (the wife) often found after wearing earrings for a couple of hours her ears would be sore, red and swollen and would often bemoan the fact that she couldn’t wear earrings to compliment her outfit when going out. After extensive research, we […]
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Key Sensitive Jewellery is an outlet for high-quality hypoallergenic jewellery. Your skin is constantly interfacing with the environment and it plays an extremely important part of your immune system, it needs protecting from irritants and one of the main irritants that can cause localised skin problems of itching and swelling is nickel. Here at Key […]