I’m looking into getting a hand web piercing. Do any of you have any? Would I have any problem knitting with this?
I know I might at first due to soreness and so on, but after that, would I have any problems?
Please help me out here. =]
One of my husband’s friends did that – he had the web between his thumb and index finger pierced, as well as the skin on the back of his little finger. He accidentally tore them out within the first weekend when he had to work on his car.
Looked cool up until that point, though!
Because the thumb and fingers move independantly of each other there is an awful lot of pressure put on the skin for a web piercing. The biggest problem of course would be tearing, but much more frequently migration seems to be an issue. I don’t know of one single person who chose to keep theirs in after it was done.
Same with the knuck piercing. When your hand flexes it just puts too much pressure on the skin and it either tears or remains inflamed/gets repeated infections.
Plus, it would snag your yarn! :shock:
Say WHAT!?
Why would you want to mutilate yourself like that? Do you hate yourself? Do you need somone to talk to or something?
If you need somone to talk to, feel free to PM me anytime. 
It’s better to deal with your emotional issues, rather than bottle them up. We all have problems. It’s OK.
I’d have something like that ripped out in a matter of hours after it was done. I would think a piercing on one’s hands would just be an open invitation for further injury and infection. I wonder what the heal rate is on something like that?
Piercings are just a means of expression, like a tattoo. I used to have several, but I had to take out the belly button piercing after two laparoscopic surgeries. Over the ear hearing aids made the cartilate piercing very painful.
Just because someone is getting a piercing, does not mean they are mutilating themselves. It’s when someone is purposefully cutting or damaging themselves in a way that will not heal that you should be concerned about. My piercings were a way of individualizing myself when I couldn’t afford the tattoo I really wanted. When I started cutting… that was when there was a problem.
Piercings are a choice and a way of life, I wouldn’t worry about it.
Laura
My post was intended to be somewhat tongue in cheek. However, I do believe that self loathing is what motivates one to poke holes in oneself. And I am willing to be a friend to someone in that state.
Yes, it’s a means of expressing to others how you feel about yourself.
Out of curiosity, what do you think of the millions of people who have ear piercings? Personally, I see no difference between standard ear piercings and other piercings, other than the number of people who have them.
And personally I’d be worried about a hand piercing getting in the way of knitting and other things. :shrug: My job and ALL my hobbies involve using my hands a great deal.
I feel ear piercings are somewhat different as this is a traditional thing western women have been doing for a very long time. It’s far too “normal” for lack of a better word, to really make a statement about how much you dislike yourself.
I still think it’s a generally bad idea as there are many important pressure points in the ear. These can be damaged or destroyed by piercings.
I see a huge difference between pierced ears and a pierced hand.
There is an exeption here though. There is also a huge difference between regular ear piercing and those giant holes that some people carve/stretch into their ears. You know the ones that are 1/4" to 4"+ in diameter. Yuck.
It seems like every year these peircings become more and more shocking and grotesque. It seems to be a race to see who can disfigure themselves in the most horrifying manner.
To get this topic back on it’s original intent…
I used to have a web piercing in my late teens/early 20’s and I loved it!! It did cause me to have limited motion in my thumb which was the eventual cause for it’s removal.
And mr T - some of us find piercing sexy and attractive, not the nasty negative thing you seem to. My husband and I are both well rounded, confident, emotionally secure people yet we get “non-traditional” tattoos and piercings.
The web peircing is one of the most interesting ones I have seen, but again everyone I know who’s had one has taken it out because it was so impractical.
Mr. T
Last I checked, body peircing/ art is nothing new and has even served in many cultural and spiritual paths in history. All sorts of tribes and culture groups the world over for thousands of years have been practicing peircing and body art. Just open up National Geographic.
I guess the easiest thing is, if you don’t like it, don’t do it.
I think if you want to do it, do it!!! It’s not my thing, but I’m not going to pass judgement on anyone who’s thing it is 
I had my eyebrow, tongue and navel pierced at one time; and I have 13 ear piercings.
My only concern is that it would interfere with your knitting!! :shock:
I would imagine that due to the limited range of motion you will have after the peircing (not to mention healing time!), it would definitely deter you from knitting, or be a definite hinderance.
I don’t see anything wrong with it, other than it would really seem to be a pain to have due to what the others have said about limited motion and tearing. Seems like you’d be wasting money doing that, and time healing (from possible rippage) when you could be knitting :pout:
Who is the moderator of this forum? I think whoever it is needs to give Mr.T a good talking to about judgemental and hurtful language. :!!!:
when i had my first piercing over a dozen years ago, my piercer had just done his web. i saw him again for another one several weeks later and his had rejected from use in a short period of time. since he was a server on the side at that time, he suspected the carrying trays contributed and I’m sure he’s correct, but I would guess the general rule about that piercing is don’t plan on lots of movement for a VERY long time for fear of rejection, so I would go with yes it would be detrimental to knitting, among other activities. (i want to see pics if you do it though!) 
it seems lots of us have had a word with Mr. Tea over this and as much as I would like to offer my 2 cents since I feel I have been directly addressed in this post, I will refrain. I will merely say in response to this post and across the board in general that each and every one of us is entitled to our own opinions and I value and respect the opinions of everyone. I know many people share Mr. Tea’s feelings about it (including my entire family.) However, sometimes it is adviseable and necessary to use discretion when and where to air those opinions and/or use more neutral vocabulary in expressing them out of courtesy for those who might be offended.
I absolutely love this forum and everyone on it and I really hate to see ugly on it. While initially hurt by some of the things in this post, now I just hope we can all move on from this with greater respect for each other and their personal choices.
My personal opinion would be that I wouldn’t want a piercing in a spot that I had to be really really careful of - such as my hands. I would imagine that the piercing would get in the way of pretty much everything, whether it’s knitting, putting a shirt on, fixing your hair, whatever. Everything you do could possibly get caught on the piercing and cause you a small injury.
Can you take web piercings out for longer periods of time once they’re healed? That would also be an important factor to me, so that I could continue doing things with my hands without having to be aware of the piercing ALL the time.
Judgmental and hurtful!? Egads! What did I say that was judgmental and hurtful?
I think we’re being a little hypersensitive here.
I apologize for anything I might have said to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I was mearly expressing my opinions, they are as valid as any of yours. If you feel differently then debate me on the issue, I’ll be happy to engage you in a friendly argument. I think accusing me of being hurtful is a little unfair.
Putting a hole through ones hand, to me anyway, is a sign that that person must be feeling poorly inside and wants to express to others how they feel. That’s just my opinion. It’s not hurtful simply because you disagree. I’m not saying that person is a bad person. I’m not saying that person should be shunned or removed from society. I’m merely saying, perhaps that person needs a good hug.
I never intended nor did I expect to hurt anyone’s feelings with what I said yesterday. If I did, then I sincerely apologize.
BTW, I am not completely against piercings alltogether. If it has a utilitarian purpose, I’m all for it.
Case in point…
http://piercedglasses.com/
I have this annoying problem with my glasses sliding down my nose. I definitely see the value in having them hard mounted to my face. Seriously, i’m not being sarcastic.
Unfortunately, these guys seem to have abandoned the project. I’ve written a couple of emails, but have recieved no reply.
[color=blue]Morning, my only concern would be infection and loss of use of that hand for a time. Your hands are in so many different things all day long and so vulnerable to bacteria. Have you asked a medical provider? They may be able to give you an unbiased opinion. After having 3 fingernails removed just because of acrylic nails I am really protective of my hands now lol.
Good luck hon.
anne
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