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Alloys and Allergies

One of the more common metal allergies that people may have is to nickel. One thing that many people do not realize, is that Surgical Stainless Steel contains a small amount of Nickel (usually 8% in jewelry). If you have only a slight allergy, then you can probably wear Surgical Stainless Steel for a few hours, or possibly all day. Or, you may be so sensitive to nickel that not only can you not wear any earrings with it in them, but also you cannot wear watches, or have the buttons on your Levi's touch your skin.

For these severely nickel-allergic people, we suggest the following alternative: Titanium- Titanium is for metal sensitive people and children or adults with newly pierced ear holes. Its neutral grey color blends well with many fashions, and will allow the sensitive to "finally wear earrings". Niobium - Niobium is not plated or painted. It is anodized, meaning it is colored by dipping it into an electrically charged "bath". Because it contains no nickel, most people with metal allergies can safely wear Niobium. Nylon - Nylon is for people that can not tolerate metal at all.

As you can see below my hand made hooks are not as uniform as the machine made french ear hooks on the other page, but I am able to sell them at a lower price because the wire is not as expensive as I was getting before for the hoops.

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TITANIUM Earrings . TDEW1 Pearl TDEW2 BOnyx TDEW3 BlLap TDEW4 Amet TDEW5 Carn $12.25 Titanium Ear Wires with Gemstone and Swarovski Pearls - 8mm gemstones 1 3/4" long TDEW1 Swarovski Pearls TDEW2 Faceted Black Onyx TDEW3 Blue Lapis TDEW4 Amethyst TDEW5 Carnelian TDEW6Pearl TDEW7 BlOnyx TDEW8 BlueOn TDEW9 Rho TDEW10 Gar TDEW11 Pearl TDEW12 Turq $10.75 Titanium Ear Wires with Gemstone and Swarovski Pearls 6mm gemstones 1" long TDEW6 Swarovski Pearls TDEW7 Faceted Black Onyx TDEW8 Blue Onyx TDEW9 Rhodonite TDEW10 Garnet TDEW11 Swarovski Pearls TDEW12 Turquoise Click on image for enlargement The earrings below are made entirely out of titanium with geniune gemstones, fiber optic beads or crystals. Size is of outer hoops, top to bottom and side to side. Some are 1 of a Kind and will be marked "SOLD" and the shopping cart will be removed once they have been sold. TH1 Titanium Hoops $43.55 per pair 8mm Amethyst beads 2"x 1 3/4" TH2 Titanium Hoops $43.55 per pair All Turquoise beads- tubes, heishi & 6mm round. 2"x 1 3/4" TH3 Titanium Hoops $35.55 per pair 8mm Aventurine and Jade cube 1 1/2"x 1 1/4" TH4 Titanium Hoops $45.55 per pair 6mm blue fiber optic(catseye) bead 2 1/2"x 2 3/4" TH5 Titanium Hoops $43.55 per pair 6mm Rhodonite with Pink 4mm bicone crystal 2 3/4"x 2 1/4" TH6 Titanium Hoops $45.55 per pair All pink titanium wire. 2"x 1 1/2"

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