Hi guys,
Recently got married. Yay!
One brief question.
We've been married since the 18th September.
On my wedding finger, underneath where I wear the ring, the skin is quite dry and flaky. It has been white underneath there, as if there was no bloodflow to that specific bit of the finger. The rest of my finger feels fine. There is no pain or discomfort at all. I took the ring off for a couple hours and the skin returned to normal pink colour, though it remained noticeably dry.
Is this something I should be worried about? The ring doesn't feel too tight, although I do have to turn it slightly to get it off - it won't come off if I just pull, which is the way I thought it was meant to be so that it could not come off accidentally. Should I get it resized up half a size?
Cheers
EDIT: I do wash frequently under the ring, obviously. I take it off whenever in the shower and wash underneath it, then put it back on.
EDIT2: To clarify, when I say dry and flaky, it is not really flaky in the sense of dandruff or something, but more dry in the sense that its kind of like healing sunburn where the skin seems to want to peel a little.
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Bring it to a jeweler and ask them to size you.
It should be tight enough that it won't fly off if you wave, but should come off with a little tug.
The area of skin sort of looks like a healed sunburn. A few bits of a little bit of skin yet to peel off, but pink healthy skin everywhere else.
I was figuring I should at least enquire about a resizing, but the ring has already been resized once when we were first about to get married, and that is the size that felt the best. I remember going one half size up felt slightly too loose, like I'd be a bit worried.
And as I said earlier, it is not actually uncomfortable to wear, it feels perfect and snug.
I'm thinking it might be something more along the lines of that reaction to the nickel.
When I go running, my ring is impossible to take off, but normally it's fairly easy. In really cold weather (hand out the car window on the hwy, for example), it could easily fall off if I gave it a few shakes.
I could be wrong, but I don't think it is supposed to be snug normally.
i actually had to send my ring back after i first got t in. i was sized when i first ordered it, but couldn't even realy get it on when i tried it on after it came in, let alone where it for extended amounts of time.
things like hydration levels play a huge role in correct size. i ended up needing something like a size and a half larger ring then i initially ordered
I found that making sure to take my ring off when washing my hands and making sure that my skin is totally dry before putting the ring back on helps. I would also take it off at night to let the skin get some air.
At this point, I don't even wear my ring at work anymore. I am too worried about setting it down somewhere and forgetting it. I wear it when I have a day off or if I'm going out after work (unless it's to eat buffalo wings).
Even if it was too tight, that wouldn't cause redness where the ring actually sits. (Unless it was so tight your finger fell off, but then you'd probably be able to figure that one out on your own :P )
These, although I don't take it off at night. Instead I just tend to fidget with it at work, shifting it up my finger a bit now and then to let it breathe. I got the same thing you describe with a cheap watch (years ago), and when I first got my ring. My skin just doesn't like getting smothered, and a little moisture underneath doesn't help. (My ring also traps moisture in it's little facets like fremen still-suit)