Hi,
I'm posting this just so hopefully it doesn't happen to anyone else or at least if it does they'll know they're not a nut. One of the prong tips on my engagement ring broke after ten years so I took it in and found out the whole head needed to be replaced because it was just worn out. That was fine, the repair was fine, the problem started 6 hours after I picked up the ring. I noticed my hand felt sore, arthritis type pain, then when I tried to take my ring off I realized my ring finger was extremely swollen. Very hard to remove the ring probably lucky I caught it before I needed professional help to remove it. I am extremely allergic to wool. I didn't know until I was about 17 and wore a wool band uniform and had hives, rash, and flu type symptoms for a month.
I called the jewelry store when they opened the next day and asked if maybe they used a wool polishing cloth when cleaning the ring up and was assured that, no nothing is wool, not possible, must be something else. They use a polishing wheel, not a wool cloth. They convinced me to put the ring on my other hand because it was probably a bug bite or something else I had come in contact with. ( I feel so stupid for going along with that.) Same thing happened to my other finger, the reaction was actually worse, swelling took 3 days to go down. So I started googling polishing wheel and in short order found out they are mostly made of wool felt.
I never in a million years thought that wool would get on my ring. Finally after flushing/dousing it multiple times with hot water and vinegar it is wearable again. I was so excited to get my ring fixed and this was a real ordeal, several days of worrying I would never be able to wear it again. So if you are allergic to wool or lanolin be aware that polishing could lead to this.
Tiffany
I'm posting this just so hopefully it doesn't happen to anyone else or at least if it does they'll know they're not a nut. One of the prong tips on my engagement ring broke after ten years so I took it in and found out the whole head needed to be replaced because it was just worn out. That was fine, the repair was fine, the problem started 6 hours after I picked up the ring. I noticed my hand felt sore, arthritis type pain, then when I tried to take my ring off I realized my ring finger was extremely swollen. Very hard to remove the ring probably lucky I caught it before I needed professional help to remove it. I am extremely allergic to wool. I didn't know until I was about 17 and wore a wool band uniform and had hives, rash, and flu type symptoms for a month.
I called the jewelry store when they opened the next day and asked if maybe they used a wool polishing cloth when cleaning the ring up and was assured that, no nothing is wool, not possible, must be something else. They use a polishing wheel, not a wool cloth. They convinced me to put the ring on my other hand because it was probably a bug bite or something else I had come in contact with. ( I feel so stupid for going along with that.) Same thing happened to my other finger, the reaction was actually worse, swelling took 3 days to go down. So I started googling polishing wheel and in short order found out they are mostly made of wool felt.
I never in a million years thought that wool would get on my ring. Finally after flushing/dousing it multiple times with hot water and vinegar it is wearable again. I was so excited to get my ring fixed and this was a real ordeal, several days of worrying I would never be able to wear it again. So if you are allergic to wool or lanolin be aware that polishing could lead to this.
Tiffany
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