Time for another ex-jewelry store worker PSA.
Don’t sleep with your jewelry on.
Really.
It’s so bad for most jewelry, but especially necklaces and rings with stones. Studs are more alright generally if they have a threaded back though it does still wear the back down, but honestly the wear and tear simply from sleeping on jewelry is insane. Solid rings are pretty much always fine but taking them off regularly is still a good practice. An alarming number of people get rings stuck on that need to be cut off.
Chain links stretch and with most chains once they start breaking from the cumulative wear there’s no fixing them because every link is gonna start giving out one after another.
Prongs used to set stones in rings literally wear down twice as fast when slept with and you lose stones more easily if fibers from your sheets catch on your prongs.
Earring backs loosen and clasps wear down.
As someone cleaning jewelry on the daily it was instantly apparent when it was slept on because it showed exponentially more wear and tear across the board than jewelry that got taken off.
If you’re like I used to be and worry that if you take it off you won’t remember to put it back on try to set up a bedtime routine at the place where you get ready for the day. It takes some getting used to. Sometimes I forget my ring. But it’s worth maintaining something I want to last me the rest of my life.
