Q I'm a woman in my 20s living in Dongincheon. Only where cheap earrings or metal buttons touch turns red, itchy, and oozing. Can metal allergy also improve with Korean medicine?
A A rash that recurs only where metal touches is likely a nickel allergy. Switching to low-nickel products and keeping metal from touching the skin directly, while stabilizing the oversensitive immunity, can reduce the scope of the reaction.
Detailed Answer
If only the areas where earrings, necklaces, watches, or trouser buttons touch repeatedly become red, itchy, and oozing, it is likely allergic contact dermatitis to nickel. The priority is to choose products with low nickel content (stainless steel, titanium, pure gold, etc.) and to apply clear nail polish on the inner side of the metal or otherwise keep it from touching the skin directly.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
At Dongjedang, we treat the immune state itself that overreacts whenever it contacts metal. In addition to reducing the contact irritation, through an internal-medicine approach that lowers internal damp-heat and stabilizes the oversensitized immunity, we help balance the constitution so that even on contact with the same metal, it flares up less and calms down faster.
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