Nickel Allegey
"10% of women and about 20% of younger women and a significant proportion of younger men suffer from nickel dermatitis from items, particularly jewellery, worn next to the skin." Regulatory Impart Assessment, Department of Trade & Industry (Dti)

"Once sensitised to nickel, a person is sensitided for life." Regulatory Impart Assessment, Department of Trade & Industry (Dti)

"There is a clear link between ear piercing and the onset of nickel allergy. B. Larsson-Stymne and L. Widström: Contact Dermatitis 1985 - 13:289- 293.

"No-one is born with a nickel allergy, it is something that you develop through short or long term contact with materials containing nickel. Nickel-containing skin piercing needles are particularly dangerous. Surgical steel also contains nickel - although this is plated with gold or silver." L. Widström, MD, Registrar at the Dermatological Clinic, Eskilstuna, Sweden.

"Hand dermatitis occurs in up to 50% of nickel-sensitive women and can be severe enough to result in incapacity and prolonged absence from work." A.J.G. McDonagh, A.L. Wright, M.J. Cork and D.J Gawkrodger: British Journal of Dermatology, 1992-126:16-18

Cross Contamination
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