I got my hand webbing between my thumb and index pierced about two and a half weeks ago. For me, it was an experimental run, because I've never gotten anything pierced aside from my earlobes. Since I don't really come from the best neighborhood, I see many different types of people, and many different piercings. I suppose my want for this particular piercing came from the fact that I've always wanted to be different. And I'd never seen this piercing before. Also, my parents are a little iffy on the whole piercing idea, so I had to get something pierced that wasn't too conspicuous, that I could hide with a bandaid or something. Jobs are also harder to get with facial piercings, but who would look at your hand when you're in there for your interview?
At A Glance Author Shizuka Contact shizuka11889@hotmail.com When N/A On Wednesdays my school starts an hour later, but buses drop students off at the same time. So I had an extra hour to kill, along with the forty minutes that I usually got before school started. So I hopped a ride to my friend Anna's house. There, I commented on how I wanted to get my hand pierced. So Anna said she'd do it right then and there. After having ice on it for a little bit, she pierced it for me. Doing reading later on, this wasn't really the greatest idea, since she used a saftey pin. Hah. Also, I discovered that a nerve exists there, right next to where I wanted to get it pierced. Come to find out, this nerve is connected directly with the brain, so if she had done anything to injure it, I would not have anymore control of my left hand. So if you go out and get it pierced, make sure your piercer checks for this nerve, because it's a dangerous thing to puncture. Not to mention it'll probably hurt like a sunnova bitch.
Most people said it hurts to get it pierced. But the ice didn't do much to my hand, and it really didn't hurt me very much. It took awhile, and the needle worming it's way through my skin was rather uncomfortable, but other than that I was fine. Three days later I put a tongue ring in there. So my hand went from a 16g to a 14g. Again not the greatest idea.
I'm just glad that nothing wrong went on, because my hands are probably the most valuable parts of my body. There are so many things I do now that I can't do without full function of my hands, so now I realize just how dangerous it was for me to get something like this done. It's been infected since I got it pierced, but I've kept the infection down and I've worked dilligently to keep the piercing clean. it's caught on my hair, and it's caught on other things, and it's come out a couple of times, and it's only just now beginning to heal itself up. It's definately not the easiest thing to take care of. And certainly not the most comfortable.
My left hand was pierced, and I'm a violinist. Which is another reason I wanted it done. It really does look cool while I'm playing. But for the first three days or so I couldn't play well because it was uncomfortable. But I kept it clean, working out the discharge and spraying it with this Bactine stuff which had been recommended to me. It still is slightly uncomfortable, but now it's not as bad as it was at the beginning. For me, I was lucky that everything turned out well with my piercing, since it's one of the more painful, and one of the more dangerous to get. I'm glad for that.
I can't wait for it to heal up though, because irregardless of how weird it looks on someone like me, because it's kinda helped me to sort through what I'd like to see in the future, body modification-wise. I'm going to continue to pierce my hands, between the knuckles and maybe some on my fingers, or the back of my hand. I'm going to have to do a lot of reading, and I'm going to have to care for them well, but it's something I'd really like to see done. AND I refuse to pierce now if it's not professional, because of the dangers involved with surface piercings, especially on a place like the hands.
So moral of the story I suppose, is that if you want to get a web piercing, make sure it's something you're willing to commit yourself to taking care of, and make sure you understand the risks involved, and make sure you're willing to put up with the constant throbbing in your hand before you run off to a piercer. Simply my advice.
Note: While it is true that all nerves are connected to the brain, it is not true that piercing your hand web could cause a nerve-related problem that would paralyze your hand.