There are two phenomena involved. One is hammer "bite", where the hammer spur or rowel draws blood from continual contact with the web of the shooting hand each time the pistol is fired.
The other is hammer "chew", where the web between thumb and trigger finger gets pinched by the shaft of the hammer if the flesh of the web rides over the grip tang.
Some people get one or the other, and others never experience it at all. It is usually attributed to using a high grip, but some who use a high grip without exsanguination dispute this.
Cylinder and Slide markets a couple of aftermarket hammers that are designed to eliminate or reduce hammer bite/chew. They work better for some people than others.
There is a third, unrelated phenomenon called $*@#%?!! or sometimes !?#@*&%?!.
This is almost always experienced by first time semi-auto shooters who've just transitioned up from revolvers. Falling back on the old revolver technique of crossing one thumb over another, the new semi-auto shooter will sometimes a 1" strip of skin and muscle when the recoiling slide slices over their shooting thumb. Usually this only happens once in any shooter's lifetime, although I have witnessed proof to the contrary.
Bite and Chew doesn't happen to everybody and a bandaid (I use the masking tape I bring along for sticking up targets) over the web of the hand will almost always prevent it.
The only help for $*@%?!! though is a proper grip.
Hammer a hand biter??
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