# What would be the effect of wearing a ring for 2 years straight?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572 "2005-10-30T06:39:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572/21 "2005-10-31T20:28:37Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> The only thing that I could think of to cause flaking would be if detergent or something got under the ring and was not thoroughly rinsed out.

I was just about to post that. The skin under my ring gets very dry and flaky if I don’t wash my hands thoroughly after putting clothes in the washer.

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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572/22 "2005-10-31T20:57:13Z")

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Since putting it on, my wedding ring has cut off my circulation.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572/23 "2005-10-31T21:10:45Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> The only thing that I could think of to cause flaking would be if detergent or something got under the ring and was not thoroughly rinsed out. (I recently was administering Absorbine to a goat’s knees and didn’t think to take the ring off–the FIRST time; it always came off after that.)

How the ring got on the goat’s knees I’ll never know

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572/24 "2005-11-01T02:56:17Z")

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Sounds like some of the respondents need to examine what their rings are made of.

First the veins come to the surface… Then the skin starts flaking…

Then the years roll by as you barely seem to change outwardly, but feel all stretched and thin, _like butter scraped across too much bread._

Oh yes, my precioussss!

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-effect-of-wearing-a-ring-for-2-years-straight/328572/25 "2005-11-01T16:38:19Z")

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> [@crazyjoe](#):
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> SThen, after several months of wearing it that way (and forgetting it enough times that my wife was starting to get sad), I put it back on permanently. It’s been that way for 6 months now and no return of the problem.
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> So, scientifically speaking, I have no idea what’s going on.

Maybe you had a bit of a fungal infection where the ring was trapping moisture against your skin. Taking the ring off for a while allowed the skin to heal? Maybe?

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