Why?

[mariness]

Ok, I'm all for facials and skin masks and retaining young and healthy looking skin, but I confess myself utterly bewildered by this skin care trend: 24 karat gold face masks.

My reaction might well be colored by the fact that I have to coat all of my metal jewelry, and particularly my gold jewelry, in clear nail polish before I can wear it, so my initial reaction to the concept of splashing gold on my face was, "ITCH ITCH ITCH," but even apart from the allergic part, why on earth would anyone even think to waste gold on face creams/masks and so on?

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

That's intriguing: many people (including me) are allergic to many kinds of metal but I've never heard of someone reacting to gold before! I'm sad that you have to insulate your gold jewelry.

Is Niobium also off the list?

I reckon you haven't had to face the grim reality of a crown replacement yet, but by then the ceramic versions will be all groovy (I hope).

[mariness]

I've never found any niobium jewelry that I liked, so I've just stuck to nail polish, which works great and is a very cheap option. With earrings I just have to coat the backs, so no one notices. Same with my watch - I just nail polished the underside and it worked great. Sometimes I have to reapply the polish, but that's not a big deal. The only real problem came with my heart monitor since I couldn't put nail polish on that. I spent unbelievable amounts of money on Benadryl and aloe and wondered just how much the itching was increasing the tachycardia :)

I have had fillings, but no crown replacement yet. I am kinda hoping to just get a new set of perfect ceramic teeth instead. Oh, and, um, in an instant transfer process that I can do at home.

What do you mean, unrealistic?