If you've ever bought cheap jewelry that leaves a greenish in color spot on your skin I'm sure you've been curious what the cause is. Generally - your skin is reacting to basic metals to just about everyone who wears jewelry that is cheaper. This occurs to some faster than others<, though, due to the fact that everyone has different skin.
Even the more expensive jewelry can turn you green too- reason being even the expensive stuff isnt pure- regardless of cost. Platinum is one metal that usually doesn't react with skin so no worries if you buy platinum jewelry.
To try to stop gold jewelry from making your skin green make sure that you don't have made from cheap metal and then plated – it has only a very fine coating of gold over top of a base metal that can rub off. For jewelry made from solid gold spending the extra on 18 karat gold will help keep green spots from showing up on your skin.
Copper jewelry will green your skin and its hard to stop it.
Try to avoid wearing jewelry when you're sweating a lot it can increase the green skin effect and also ask your jeweler if there is anything that he can coat the jewelry item with – to guard your skin from the reaction. If you do this you can keep wearing your base metal jewelry without worry.
Don't forget<, the green discoloration isn't harmful. It's simply a reaction and not an allergy.
Allergies (such as those to nickel) causes reddening plus it could also make your skin feel itchy and inflamed. It's not anything like a green skin reaction.
If you do show signs of allery stop wearing the jewelry. Green skin shouldnt scare you ore keep you from wearing your favorite pieces you may just have to clean your skin more to avoid having it look bad.
At the end of the day applying a coating is probably the answer.