Benefits of Wearing Jewelry

Believe it or not, there are many possible health benefits that can come from wearing jewelry. People have been wearing jewelry for ages, and it isn’t always just for aesthetic purposes.

Wearing jewelry can positively impact mental and emotional to physical health through alternative medicine. So, let’s take a look at exactly how wearing jewelry benefits your health.

Mental and Emotional Benefits

The obvious benefit to wearing jewelry that you love is that it will help boost your confidence and self-esteem. Your favorite jewelry pieces are going to help you with your self-image and improve your mood when you wear them. This leads to overall improvements in your mental health and puts you in a positive frame of mind.

Jewelry that is significant to you, like family heirlooms or gifts from loved ones, provide you with comfort. Jewelry with symbolic and sentimental value can provide you with solace and bring happy memories of the people who owned the jewelry before you or those who gave those pieces to you.

Many believe that certain stones and metals, like amethyst and hematite have calming effects on people. The best part is that wearing jewelry made from these metals and decorated with those stones can help with stress relief and reduce your anxiety. 

Physical Health Benefits

There are some gemstones that are believed to have healing properties. Some examples of crystals that have these properties are turquoise for anti-inflammatory benefits and jade for detoxification.  

If crystals are not for you, you can always look into magnetic and copper jewelry. Magnetic bracelets and necklaces have been known to alleviate pain, improve circulation and relaxation, give you more energy, and contribute to better sleep. They are non-invasive, and you don’t notice that you are wearing them. Copper bracelets are believed to help with mostly the same things as magnetic jewelry, plus the added benefit of specifically helping relieve pain in people with arthritis in their wrists.

Silver and gold jewelry have several health benefits. Silver has antimicrobial properties that can protect you from harmful bacteria, and it is also very cooling and calming to the skin, especially for people who tend to overheat. Gold jewelry is believed to have an anti-inflammatory effect, which can help people with arthritis or other inflammatory joint conditions; like silver, it also helps with temperature control.  

Piercings

There are a lot of ways that jewelry can help your body through acupressure. Not only have some piercings been proven to help with chronic pain.

Most points are on the ear, so it is easy to pierce them or wear acupressure earrings. 

Considerations

There are other factors to consider when it comes to jewelry and your health. On the surface, choosing jewelry that is not cheaply made and won’t leave a residue on your skin is the key to confidence and self-esteem. There are so many affordable jewelry brands out there that will make you feel like you are wearing custom pieces made just for you. 

Next is avoiding allergic reactions; before committing to a complete set of a particular metal, make sure you are not allergic to it. Many people have nickel allergies, and some rare people have a silver allergy even though it is one of the hypoallergenic metals, so jewelry made from those metals is not something they can wear. Other safe and hypoallergenic metals are platinum, palladium, and rhodium, which are fantastic not just for people with allergies but also for people with sensitive skin.

How to properly clean and maintain your jewelry

The buildup of dead skin, dirt, and product can cause any number of issues. There are many ways to clean your jewelry at home, the most common one being warm water and washing up liquid. There is the baking soda plus water combo to help your silver jewelry shine. But if you have old jewelry, especially, the best thing to do is to take it to get cleaned professionally.