My bellybutton ring is giving me a rash! What to do!

I think you should try to change your ring to platinum, or 24k gold, so that you can eliminate the possibility of there being nickel inside.

Also, you need to be cleaning it twice a day with spectro gel. Stay away from rubbing alcohol and polysporin, etc. You should get the scent free spectro gel. You can find it at any pharmacy.
Hope this helps

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The jeweler didn’t necessarily lie to you. In fact, steling silver is not 100 percent pure silver, it’s 92.5 percent silver, and the remaining percentage consists of base metals such as copper, steel and, yes, nickel. So that could explain the rash. There a couple of things you could do to get rid of the rash. First, you could always take the ring out and replace it with a ring made out of hypoallergenic metals such as high karat yellow gold and platinum. Or, you could always have your sterling silver ring plated with these hypoallergenic metals, if you don’t have the cash for a solid gold belly button ring. Plating, or coating, a sterling silver belly button ring with platinum, gold or rhodium shouldn’t be too expensive and your local jeweler could probably get that done for you. You could always try coating the ring with clear nail polish if the idea of platinum does not appeal to you. Coating the ring with clear nail polish is easily done but the nail polish coating will not be permanent and you will need to recoat the ring every so often. Whatever your choice, I recommend you consult your doctor. Perhaps he or she can even prescribe a salve to help you avoid rashes in the future.

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