is surgical steel or sterling silver belly button rings better for you? surgical is really cheap so its sketch and i justt dont want it to mess up
Sterling silver is not meant for extended wear in body piercings, and should NEVER be worn in fresh or unhealed piercings - the silver will tarnish, and the tarnish can be deposited into your skin which causes it to turn gray or black. Silver can also cause allergic reactions for those who have nickel allergies. So it's okay to wear for a special occasion in a healed piercing, but has lots of nasty side effects if left in too long. As for the surgical steel: not all SS body jewelry is created equal! Lots of cheap steel body jewelry is made out of 316L Stainless steel, which is the minimum requirement for steel worn in healing/fresh piercings. Some people can wear this type of steel, but it can (and does) irritate and cause allergic reactions for others. Personally, I will only wear 316LVM ASTM F-138 Implant Grade Steel, which is the same type of material that doctors use when they put pins and plates in your body during surgery. It is the highest quality steel you can get, and will usually cost a bit more, but as someone with sensitive skin I am not willing to risk getting an allergic reaction from sub-par jewelry. Also, implant-grade jewelry is most often INTERNALLY-THREADED, which means that the threads are concealed inside the jewelry and do not come in contact with your skin. EXTERNALLY-THREADED jewelry has the threads on the outside, and inserting it into your piercings is pretty much the equivalent of dragging a screw through your navel. Whatever grade of steel you decide to go with, make sure the threads are on the inside!
Implant grade surgical steel is best. Surgical steel is not cheap. You must be looking at something else. And sterling silver shouldn't really be worn in piercings anyway. Have you ever cared for actual silverware or platters or anything? Notice the brownish film it gets on it? That's from oxidation....do you really want that to happen inside your piercing? That's bad news man.
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