Hand Web Piercings.
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Friday November 2nd, 2007 @ 2:26 PM
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I absolutely adore Hand Web Piercings, and while I’m fully aware of their very high rejection rate and how much it’s gonna affect my life, I really want to give it a shot. Scars (from piercings) just remind me of awesome times in my life and remind me I did what I wanted to while I could. So if/ when it rejects I wouldn’t care about the scarring.
I asked my favourite studio how much the piercing would cost, or if they’d be willing to do it, and they said they were worried about hitting a nerve or causing nerve damage… something along those lines.
Is that true?
I’m talking about the webbing between my thumb and index finger.
Also, which would be the best jewellery to use?
BME
The hand web is one of the piercings that just shouldn’t work….ever. However, once in a while, they miraculously heal. I had one total miracle heal on a hand web once. A client of mine was a sculptor in art college. His hands took abuse everyday and yet somehow it healed.
As for nerve damage, this was just a cop out, or an uneducated piercer. If you go into it knowing that I am more likely to sleep with Angelina Jolie than you are to have this be a long term piercing, you won’t be disappointed.
For the best possible chance of healing use a fairly short 12 gauge titanium barbell. The short barbell will be as unobtrusive as possible, the gauge will be large enough to be tough, but small enough to not be too invasive and the titanium will be lightweight and more biocompatable than 316lvm. For placement the piercer should mark every potential fold in the webbing. Then find the spot centered between the largest gap between folds. For healing use whatever aftercare works best for you, but pay special attention toe vents in your daily life that could contaminate, irritate or damage your new piercing.
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5 Responses to “Hand Web Piercings.”
This is just a random bit of word vomit that came to mind while reading the part about the art student. I had classes where we would use a wheel (and various types of clay) and that stuff has amazing healing properties. Im even fairly sure they use clay in a lot of face masks for pulling impurities out of skin.
Just a thought.
Heirophantress on November 3rd, 2007 at 5:20 pmI’ve been a potter(wheel throwing) for many years, clay used for this is very different from those used in masks for spas, it has silica, and often times grog/grit and other impurities that one would definatly not want to enter a healing piercing or any cut on the body, it also has a very drying affect on the skin.
Ursula on November 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 pmActually, silica is used at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland for exfoliating and smoothing skin. They have troughs of it in the lagoon to use on your face, and it’s an ingredient in most of their skin care products.
Malorie on November 4th, 2007 at 12:36 pmhey Sean…Remember that time you slept with Angelina Jolie? That was AWESOME! ;p
Warren on November 4th, 2007 at 8:29 pmSilica is sand, fine little bits of glass. Not only would I not want to exfoliate any part of my body (especially my face) with sand, I would also not recommend intentionally working any into a piercing, fresh or healed. I’ve seen plenty of oh-it-was-healed-and-I’ve-had-it-for-years piercings get utterly jacked by sand irritation, living in Australia!
Lori St.Leone on November 4th, 2007 at 9:17 pmLeave a Comment