316l Surgical Grade Stainless Steel Jewelry

316l stainless steel or surgical stainless steel is utilized in screws for fixing bones mandibular wire mesh staples and for many other purposes.

316l surgical grade stainless steel jewelry.

This durability is due to a chromium coating that is chemically bonded to the steel. Variety of gauge sizes to choose from. There is no formal definition on what constitutes a surgical stainless steel so product manufacturers and distributors often apply the term to refer to any grade of corrosion. While better jewelry brands use the hypoallergenic grade 316 316l and 316f with extra 2 3 molybdenum for better resistance to corrosives.

While not considered a precious metal it is much more durable than silver or platinum. That is grade 316l and 316lvm surgical steel. We do not compromise when it comes to our customers health. It s considered hypoallergenic and won t get gross tarnish or rust.

All our surgical steel body jewelry is the highest quality. 304 grade stainless is even better. 316l surgical steel contains between 6 13 nickel and it does not conform to the first part of the directive and it cannot therefore be used for fresh piercings. Our body jewelry is made from steel of an equivalent or higher quality.

You will find what you are looking for here. Hypoallergenic nose rings 20g 18g 16g 14g 12g 10g 8g 316l surgical steel piercing jewelry hinged segment ring body piercing nose hoop lip rings nose helix cartilage rook earrings 4 3 out of 5 stars 3 998. Surgical stainless steel is a grade of stainless steel used in biomedical applications. There are some grades of surgical stainless steel that contain nickel and thus if you re super sensitive to nickel you d have to settle for earrings made from a different metal or metal alloy.

It s a low nickel steel used in surgical instruments and other medical equipment. The most common grade used for stainless steel jewelry is 304 18 20 chromium and 8 10 5 nickel. Our precision crafted stainless steel jewelry is 316l surgical grade stainless steel. Electropolishing is used in most of our steel body jewelry.

316l stainless steel jewelry the new gold not just for men anymore. Surgical steel basic body jewelry surgical steel basic body jewelry. Look for steel jewelry marked 316l surgical steel or better yet 304 stainless steel. They are low carbon metals too.

If you don t have an issue with nickel jewelry you can also. It can only be used after the healing process also known as epithelization has taken place as replacement jewelry since it does not release nickel. The sae grade number 304 430 316l etc defines the alloy and its properties so the word surgical simply tells us non sae tech people that 316 and 316l stainless steel alloys have properties suitable for temporary medical implants or for making durable surgical instruments.