I got a series 8 Apple Watch and honestly love it, but I noticed it was making me break out weird bumps up and down my forearm. I thought maybe it was just the wristband so I changed that to a different material…still no changes. So I experimented wearing it on my opposite arm…same thing happened. If I don’t wear the watch overnight, by morning the bumps are gone. My guess is there’s something about the watch itself that gives me some sort of reaction to it. My question is that it’s beyond the 2 weeks return window directly to an Apple Store, due to my case of allergic reaction is there any options I have to somehow return it, or am I pretty much stuck with it?
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Allergic reaction to S8…any options to return to apple?
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Did you try regular cleaning of the watch and your wrist?
Apple are the best people to tell you what Apple will accept when it comes to returns.
Apple are the best people to tell you what Apple will accept when it comes to returns.
If you are past your return period, I would not expect Apple to accept a return.
Nickel (Ni) is a hard, silvery-white metal that may cause irritation to the skin. Exposure can harm the lungs, stomach, and kidneys. Exposure to nickel may lead to cancer.
Nickel is used for the watch and poses a problem in many other applications as well, it is for example used in orthopaedic implants and there are cases where patients are allergic to smallest amounts and it wasn't sufficiently tested and the implants end up causing problems due to that.
Which Watch and band did you get. Some here have posted about Nickel but if you got the common Aluminum Watch there should not be any Nickel present.
I don’t have an allergy to nickel, so if that really is your issue, I don’t have a good answer. But I’m definitely allergic to all of rubbery bands. I can only wear the fabric bands. Once a band starts to cause breakouts on my arm, it’ll take 1-2 weeks before the bumps go away. If the bands are the issue, simply changing the band and hoping it’ll be better in a day or two is probably not going to work. You may need to not wear your watch on that arm until the bumps go away, then only wear a fabric or leather band.
It also depends where your bumps are. If it‘s a nickel allergy, I would expect the bumps to only be directly on the top of your forearm, where the watch touches your skin. If it’s breaking out where the band touches your skin, that’s not a nickel allergy.
You’ll also get a breakout more often if the watch and band are wet, whether that’s from sweat or because it got wet in the rain/shower.
It also depends where your bumps are. If it‘s a nickel allergy, I would expect the bumps to only be directly on the top of your forearm, where the watch touches your skin. If it’s breaking out where the band touches your skin, that’s not a nickel allergy.
You’ll also get a breakout more often if the watch and band are wet, whether that’s from sweat or because it got wet in the rain/shower.
Somebody told me they can't use an iPhone without a cover because it contains Nickel.
Stainless Steel contains Nickel, but the back of the Watch is glass.
so, did they show you where the nickel is on a device that is made of glass and aluminum?
If they were talking about the Pro phones, then yes, some stainless steel formations contain nickel. They might be happy that the rumors suggest that Apple is switching to titanium for the new pro phones this year.
And only the stainless steel watches might contain nickel. If you had a nickel allergy why would you choose stainless steel instead of the aluminum edition?