Medic Alert used to recommend stainless steel over silver for diabetics. I don’t see that recommendation now. And in fact I don’t find that anywhere, except one thread on this forum, 15 years ago:
And in that thread the only reference found was Medic Alert. Furthermore, the quote from Medic Alert was
So it seems there was never but that one source, and they have backed off AFAICT. I’ve checked many web sources which discuss diabetes and skin conditions, and found none mentioning silver.
So why you? In doing some reading, I find that silver jewelry is usually “sterling silver”, which is 92.5% silver and the rest some other metal, usually copper. Pure silver is too soft to be used alone. It seems that what we call tarnish can be two things:
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the non-silver metal oxidizing.
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the silver reacting with sulfur to form silver sulfide.
Maybe there’s some reason we oxidize the non-silver metal faster than normies, but that strikes me as unlikely
So where would sulfur come from? If it were, say, a normal component of sweat, then everyone would be seeing this. (I sweat a lot, but have never worn silver. My wedding ring was gold, and it’s been about 40 years since I could get it over my ring finger joints.) You are reporting far faster tarnishing than normal.
The only possibility I’ve come up with is that many skin condition treatments contain sulfur. If you are using any type of skin treatment, even OTC, check it for any ingredient whose name starts with “sulf” or “suph”.
Maybe a dermatologist would have an idea. I have no other answers.
Edward