39 Common Items that Contain Nickel
Nickel is everywhere, but now you can test for nickel before your skin does with Nickel Alert® ! Once nickel is detected, protect yourself with Nickel Guard™!
This is a comprehensive list of items that often contain nickel; but it is not exhaustive. Test the metal items with which you often come into contact.
- Belt buckles
- Bra hooks
- Bracelets
- Brass fixtures
- Cell phones
- Cello strings
- Cigarette lighters
- Coins
- Chrome fixtures
- Costume jewelry
- Dental devices
- Earrings
- Eye glass frames
- Fasteners
- Gold-especially white and yellow 10k and 14k
- Guitar strings
- Hair pins
- Hand tools
- Hand bag clutches
- Heirloom jewelry
- "Hypoallergenic" jewelry
- Jean studs
- Keys
- Kitchen utensils
- Lipstick holders
- Metal buttons and snaps
- Metal items at work
- Musical instruments (keys, mouthpieces)
- Necklaces
- "Nickel-Free" jewelry
- Pens
- Pocket knives
- Powder compacts
- Razors
- Rings
- Scissors
- Suspender clips
- Tuners
- Watches and bands
- Zippers
~Did you know?
Expensive white or yellow gold can contain enough nickel to cause sensitization when used in ear piercing.
Updated: 10-29-19
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