Shiny phones lead to rash of rash
sas
Wallet of doom #
Posted Thursday 16th October 2008 22:35 GMT

So 30% of the population get a rash every time they open their wallet and get out some coins?
steve-C
Errrrm, no #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
PROLONGED contact against SWEATY skin.
Also, fingertips are a whole lot less prone to such reactions. I play bass, the strings of which contain nickel, but never have a finger rash. However, a nickel alloy watch backplate will bring my wrist out in lumps in no time.
Maybe if someone held coins in their sweaty mitts all day, they would get a reaction (in the palms more likely)
Neoc
Old news... #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
If I had a nickel for every...
Oh, wait... never mind.
Joe
@ sas #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
Only if they spend hours counting them.
Steven Knox
@sas #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT

Well, only if they are numismatic fetishists, "[r]ubbing nickel-heavy alloy against sweaty skin _for_hours_"
Anonymous Coward
It's all about exposure time #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
@Sas
Most people handle coins only for brief moments, so they don't cause anything even for sensitive people.
Things would be different, If they would be keeping coins on their skin up to several hours per day.
The Voice of Reason
Alternatively... #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
...why not avoid touching the phone by using a Bluetooth earpiece instead.
That way you can look even more stupid than if you had a rash right across your face.
Anonymous Coward
@sas #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT

Yes. That 30% is usually referred to as "Scotsmen".
Anonymous Coward
@ sas #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
Coins go in the pocket: the wallet is used for storing notes. A container for coins is called a purse (in the British, rather than American English, sense of the word) and are rightfully an object of derision, which is why they are hidden inside handbags (or purses, in the American, rather than British English sense of the word).
Anyway, what about SMS obsessives: surely their clammy texting fingers will also be covered in rashes and suppurating sores?
Scott Mckenzie
Nicekl Allergy #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
Doesn't quite work like that.... you need prolonged contact with something, holding a coin for 10 seconds doesn't quite, but a watch or similar where sweat etc gets trapped under it... leads to not a lot of fun here :(
Being allergic to aluminium is a pain with my Macbook Pro too!
Jaowon
@sas #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 09:09 GMT
30% of the population don't open their wallet, get out some coins and rub them against their ear for minutes at a time.
I'm one of those that can't hold a phone against my ear cos I get a large sticky rash. The plastic-cased phones don't do it, just the metallic ones.
James Pickett
Proportion #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 10:52 GMT
So teenagers with a rash (how would you know?) are a problem, but frying their brains isn't? Mind you, how would you know that, either? :-)
Anonymous Coward
iphone? Pah #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 11:50 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@James #
Posted Friday 17th October 2008 13:47 GMT

Well, the rash is a simple allergy which is proven. 'Frying their brains' is petty speculation with no credible evidence.
RogueElement
@ AC [17th Oct] 07:47 re: Scotsmen #
Posted Monday 20th October 2008 09:16 GMT

I resemble that remark.
Anyway - isn't it equally likely that the poor skin condition is caused by all the fekkin crisps, sweets and chips they eat whilst on the phone.