GimmeGibson
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Right, so...a strange heading but true.
Sometime after getting back into playing guitars I started to notice my right wrist, the inner side, is very itchy. I asked my doctor and he said its contact dermatitis. Pointing to the beaded bracelets on my wrist which have one metal bead on each one, he said its probably the metal. Specially if its nickel. Many people are allergic to nickel, he tells me. "Stop wearing them for a while and see what happens", he suggested.
Having worn them for many years and not having an issue I was skeptical but thought I would give it a try. He said two to three weeks should do it.
Well it has not gone away. In fact it gets worse the more I play my guitars. I realized that the itchy spot is directly where my inner wrist comes in contact with the nickel plated bridge on all of my Gibsons!! It may have even gotten worse after buying my new ES 335.
So I am sure its the nickel, but I wonder if the bridge on the ES 335 has a higher content of nickel seeing as the itchiness has worsened.
Has anyone else ever experienced this and what did you do about it?
Sometime after getting back into playing guitars I started to notice my right wrist, the inner side, is very itchy. I asked my doctor and he said its contact dermatitis. Pointing to the beaded bracelets on my wrist which have one metal bead on each one, he said its probably the metal. Specially if its nickel. Many people are allergic to nickel, he tells me. "Stop wearing them for a while and see what happens", he suggested.
Having worn them for many years and not having an issue I was skeptical but thought I would give it a try. He said two to three weeks should do it.
Well it has not gone away. In fact it gets worse the more I play my guitars. I realized that the itchy spot is directly where my inner wrist comes in contact with the nickel plated bridge on all of my Gibsons!! It may have even gotten worse after buying my new ES 335.
So I am sure its the nickel, but I wonder if the bridge on the ES 335 has a higher content of nickel seeing as the itchiness has worsened.
Has anyone else ever experienced this and what did you do about it?