Let me start by saying I really wanted to like these earrings. They are very cute and looked nice on, but within ten minutes my ears felt like they were on fire and I started to get the irritation bumps I usually get when wearing earrings. Im also not 100% sure these are surgical stainless steel, its listed as such but further down the listing it says the material used is sterling silver. So either Im allergic to surgical stainless steel or these are incorrectly listed. Either way I cannot recommend them to anyone with a metal allergy.