Gold Body Jewelry - When Silver Just Won't Do

Gold is another material frequently used in body piercing jewelry.  Jewelry should only be made of solid gold.  Gold plated jewelry will not work.  The plating will quickly wear off either from friction or chipping when the jewelry is manipulated.  A respectable shop will not carry plated jewelry.  So if you aren't sure pass it up.

A piece of gold body jewelry must be at least 14K to be acceptable in a body piercing.  One karat is the equivalent of 1/24^th of the alloy being pure.

Gold jewelry can cause irritation for some people.  This is due to the other elements present in the alloy.  Nickel, zinc, copper and silver are very commonly found in gold.  The higher the karat the less the additional elements are present.  Unfortunately pure gold is too soft to be used for any length of time.

Yellow gold and white gold are the only suitable colors for body jewelry.  Any other color variations contain high concentrations of other elements to add color.  Please avoid these.

Discoloration is quite common with gold jewelry.  You will need to clean your jewelry on a frequent basis but this shouldn’t be a problem.

A quality gold piece of jewelry can be used in a new piercing.

We are talking about gold so you are going to pay for what you get. The higher the karat the higher the price.  But if you have the money to do so, go for it.

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