[kbell]

I was wondering if there are other types of metals belt buckles are made out of? Most seem to be made out of nickle, which causes a rash when it contacts my skin. I have to tuck in my shirts generally to avoid this.

[Biz]

Same here...really annoying. usually have to go for higher end belts to avoid the cheap mental

[johnmorgan]

A belt buckle allergy is a dermatitis which caused when the skin comes in direct contact with nickel or other metal in a buckle.Various other options such skin friendly belts,titanium belts,anti-allergic belts are available in markets.

[Tim9000]

(11-04-2011 10:25 AM)kbell Wrote:  

I was wondering if there are other types of metals belt buckles are made out of? Most seem to be made out of nickle, which causes a rash when it contacts my skin. I have to tuck in my shirts generally to avoid this.

Sounds familiar. I have an allergy to chrome. Years ago I bought a bunch of cheap Fruit of the Loom Boxers and with all of them the fly would gape open and my member would fall out (i.e. when wearing pants). I decided to fix it with a small chrome-plated safety pin on each pair. After a few weeks I had inexplicable skin irritation on my member--went to doctor thinking I'd caught something and he figured it out. Before that I'd never heard of a metal allergy.

[kbell]

what are the skin friendly belts made out of? latex? silicone? I saw some good ones on http://www.nonickel.com/catalog/Mens_Belts-7-1.html