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Airdancer, interesting about the freshadamas. May I ask what skincare products you apply on your neck, and what cleaning process do you apply to the pearls? Not doubting your words, but if you wear sunscreen religiously, especially a combination of chemical and physical sunscreens, the pearls will wear out faster. In Singapore sweat and acidic body oil secretions are greater and will also serve to take away the luster of the pearls especially if you clean them after at least 8 hours' wear. I'm sorry but that is the climate of the place. If you just wipe them off without any cleaning agent in sterile water it will only remove surface dirt that you can see, not the chemical residue that is within. The Pearl Doctor package will probably do alot better. I find that my pearls accumulate muck alot quicker in Singapore than in Australia so I try not to wear them that often. My mom wears her freshwater pendants daily and the luster has not gone even after a few years.

As for Akoyas retaining luster, I quite doubt it. The nacre is thinner than in freshwaters and if they are treated at all the surface will be more porous and brittle once the treatment effect wears off.