Miraculous Medal Chest Pain

[Melodeonist]

Normally I wear a bow tie and I put the Miraculous Medal on top of my undershirt. However, if I am wearing a shirt without a bow tie I will put the Miraculous Medal under my undershirt so the chain doesn’t show. However, this causes an issue. I can feel the Medal rubbing on my chest and it is rather irritating.

I don’t want the chain to show, but I don’t want the irritation either. What should I do?

 

[Brassring]

I normally wear a small crucifix under a button front shirt, between the outer shirt and the undershirt, with the collar open, and I don’t have a problem with the chain showing.

 

[mVitus]

Well how long is your chain and do you shirts have collars? If the chain is short enough, you could consider putting it beneath the collar like that. If you’re okay with a small part of the chain showing, I’d imagine that would work.
Another option could be another shirt between your skin and your undershirt to place the chain between? But that could get hot depending where you live.
And does the kind of metal of that chain always irritate you, or just as a chain? I’m asking just in case switching to a different metal could solve your issue.

 

[Oneofthewomen]

What reason do you have for not wanting the chain to show?
I mean, if having the medal next to your skin is irritating, don’t have it next to your skin.
Easy peasy!

Many people have skin reactions to cheap base metals. Consider getting a sterling silver or gold chain & medal and you may see your problem go away.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I use a medal made of some hard plastic (so it doesn’t set off airport metal detectors and also doesn’t cause skin irritation or leave any marks on my clothes) and hang it on a lanyard of dental floss. The floss is very strong. I use square knots to make sure it doesn’t untie, and tie a knot where the medal hangs to keep it from moving around. The floss lasts a few weeks, then when it starts to wear I cut it off and put the medal on a fresh piece. Been doing this for a year and it works really well.

 

[Mary_Estelle]

Don’t worry about hiding your medal-why would you? A lot of the rockers and entertainers wear their crosses and medals openly. In my own case I am allergic to nickel which is used in a lot in silver to harden the silver and sometimes in gold so that it will wear well. I just had to have new eye glasses changed because of the nickel in the gold frames. If you really want to wear the medal you can make a small pouch for it. You might also go to a Catholic or religious store and buy a small pin that you can wear on your collar-proudly, of course. You can be ‘trendy.’ Peace.

 

[Irishmom2]

Not sure why you care about the chain showing. Is wearing a medal a secret?
It’s really not a big deal. Ask yourself why you are even wearing one if you are ashamed or embarrassed to have to say what it is if someone were to ask.

 

[Bonnie]

Pain & irritation aren’t the same thing. Especially chest pain - that usually refers to a heart attack.

If you don’t want the medal to show, you don’t have to wear it around your neck - nothing magic about that. You can put the medal in your pocket or on your keychain. I’ve also seen laminated holy cards that include a medal - it could easily go in your wallet.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Didn’t Mary say that the Medal devotees would receive great graces “especially if they wear it around the neck”? I’ve had medals on my watch and pinned to my clothes before, but went back to around the neck because of what Mary said.
As for why not wanting it to show, there can be many reasons from safety, to uniform dress codes, to just wanting to keep your “prayer” private between you and Mary and Jesus, for wanting to tuck your medal in. We aren’t required to make a public display to get the graces or practice the devotion, so the choice is up to us. I generally keep mine tucked in because it stays on me more securely that way and doesn’t catch on things and break, or fall into the dirty housework jobs I’m often doing, but I don’t hesitate to pull it out and show to a person in the context of a conversation before tucking it securely back in near my heart.