Contraceptive jewellery is now being tested by researchers as a next form of birth control. Technique Developed By Researchers Of Georgia Institute Of Technology Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have established a technique for dispensing contraceptive hormones through backings that have been placed on Jewellery items, including earring, necklaces, watches and rings.

The patches that contain the hormones are put on the portions of the jewellery most likely to come into touch with the skin, like the back of an earring.

Published In Journal Of Controlled Release

According to a report published in the ‘Journal of Controlled Release’, initial testing has indicated that contraceptive jewellery may be able to deliver the wearer with a required amount of hormones to function as a form of birth control. However, no human testing has been done yet.

But there are a million questions still to be answered…

Since it is at the research level and no human testing has been done, it can be assumed that it will take another decade to come into use, if it is successful.

Is it the end of other contraceptive measures?

It seems that once the jewellery that acts as contraceptive is in the market, a lot of contraceptive measures may be kicked out.

How effective contraceptive jewellery is?

Its effectivity cannot be gauged at the moment as it is under trial and no human testing has been done. If it comes, it will have to be for humans as there are only handful of people who would adorn their cat with jewellery for the purpose of contraception.