Niobium Hypoallergenic

Jewelry that is made from unalloyed niobium (grade 2 and grade 4) is nickel free. Because of it’s nickel-free status and highly biocompatible nature, niobium does make better body jewelry over “surgical steel”. Body jewelry made out of 316L steel will contain nickel, even though it is sometimes falsely advertised as being nickel-free. The nickel is bound in the steel alloy in a way that doesn’t present a problem for most people, but it is still something to be aware of if you are sensitive to nickel since most surgical steel jewelry is called “hypoallergenic”.