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TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men(en.wikipedia.org)

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Devi@kbin.social
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I feel like it can’t be that extreme between men and women but I’m guessing women are more likely to know. Men wear less jewellery and it tends to be not cheap fashion jewellery.

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Labonnie@feddit.de
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It’s not always jewelry. I recently bought a new belt and after half a day my skin was extremely red and irritated.

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