Material guide for jewelry pieces
There are many materials that can be used for jewelry making especially for body piercing. You can get the jewelry piece made form gold, silver, platinum and other metals which are coming in several different styles. Here is the information on each material you can use as your guideline for your jewelry material selections.
Steel: divided into two types, stainless steel or implant grade steel. Both types can be use for jewelry material but the implant grade steel is coming with higher quality. Stainless steel is generally fine for most people but for the sensitive skill, you might need to go with the implant grade instead. Check for the cleanness on the piece before apply to your piecing.
Titanium: titanium gives a similar feeling like steel but with many advantages over the steel. It is preferable material for sensitive skin person. The weight for titanium is considerable as lighter material than steel, highly polished and shinier than steel. This material is also come with different in colors than steel.
Organic materials – stone, wood, horn, bone, shells and etc. These organic materials are popular in used for stretched piercing jewelry. These materials are all organic and available for metal sensitive person. However, the organic materials are not recommended for fresh stretches, as they can contain bacterial inside. For the fresh stretches, you are recommended to go with other materials and wait until your piercing is healed. Then you can apply the organic materials on your piercing.
Acrylic: this material type is quite popular and come with an affordable price. However, this material type is not recommended for fresh stretches but can be used for healed piercings. This material is suitable for people who have skin sensitivity to other material types. However, the acrylic material is not recommended for a long term usage as it can cause allergy to each person as well as the metal allergy. You can try it on and then, see whether you got allergy on this material type or not.
Silicon: people are rarely sensitive to silicon, which make it a perfect material for everybody use. However, silicone is get dirty and collect dust in the easy way which can make people get allergy to the piece by the dirt on its body. You might have to take a special care if you want to use jewelry made by silicon.


