At first when my earrings arrived they had a tiny piece or two of gold that seemed like it might’ve fallen off the earring. I reached out to customer service about it & they reassured me that it wasn’t from the actual earring part and that my earrings were never going to flake. This ended up being the case. Perfect beautiful sustainable earrings. I loveee them. And they came in a nice soft pouch that I use every time I take them off. Very nice work. 👍🏼