Hypoallergenic Men's Jewellery, Safe for Sensitive Skin

About one in ten people cannot wear most affordable jewellery without skin reaction — itching, redness, the green finger that comes from copper oxidation against skin moisture. The cause is nearly always nickel, used as a cheap alloy metal in base-quality jewellery. Monrich runs the entire catalogue as hypoallergenic by construction. Every base metal is either 925 sterling silver or surgical-grade 316L stainless steel — both nickel-safe in skin-contact surfaces, both used in medical implants for exactly the same reason. Every PVD-plated piece adds an 18K gold layer that seals the surface chemistry, so the skin only contacts the gold, not the base.

Why the Base Metal Matters More Than the Plating

The plating wears, scratches, and lifts at contact points over time. When that happens on cheap jewellery, the exposed base metal — nickel-bearing brass or zinc alloy — reacts with skin. The reaction is the allergy. Monrich starts with hypoallergenic base metals so that even if the PVD layer takes a deep scratch (gravel, weight equipment, accident), the exposed underlying metal is still safe against skin. The silver-based and stainless-based pieces are hypoallergenic at every layer, not just at the surface.

Sterling Silver, Surgical Stainless, 18K Gold PVD

The three Monrich materials are all hypoallergenic. 925 sterling silver — 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper, both well-tolerated, the standard for fine silver jewellery for centuries. Surgical-grade 316L stainless steel — the same grade used in surgical implants, with iron, chromium, nickel content locked in a passivated oxide layer that prevents skin contact with the metals beneath. 18K gold PVD plating — real 18K gold deposited via vapour in a vacuum chamber, bonded molecularly to the base. Each material is hypoallergenic on its own; the combinations (PVD over silver, PVD over stainless) are doubly so.

For Sensitive Ears, Sensitive Skin, New Piercings

The hypoallergenic build matters most on three product types: earrings (post sits in pierced skin), rings (continuous skin contact through water and sweat), and bracelets worn close to the wrist. Monrich earring posts and ring bands use hypoallergenic base materials specifically because these are the highest-contact pieces in the catalogue. For men who normally cannot wear jewellery without reaction, the full silver collection and any PVD-plated piece sit safely on sensitive skin.