My web piercing randomly started acting up on... I'd say Monday.

Monday, it sort of felt like the barbell was pinching on my webbing, on the left side. I didn't think too much of it.

Yesterday, it was sort of sore. Again, it was just the left side and I ignored it. I did a couple of salt water rinses to see if that would help at all.

This morning, I woke up and the left side was swollen twice its normal size. It's gotten worse as the day's gone by. It looks like it's swelling over the ball- if I push on the right side, it'll pop out. It also appears to be covered in plaque, which is sort of odd, because only the right side really gets plaque build up.

I've had it for eleven months, if that helps at all. I really just want to know what's up with it, and hope I can make it better, because this is above all my favorite piercing. 

Could you maybe take a picture?  Could be food or something stuck in it.  The salt rinses are a good idea.  You may need to get to your piercer for a longer barbell, atleast until the swelling goes down.

 My camera doesn't like to take pictures of it, I've tried multiple times.

And I sort of do want to go to my piercer (I've been meaning to get something different put in it, anyways) but there's a massive plaque ball on the right side that I can't get off. Both unattractive and somewhat embarrassing.

dyou have a digital camera? make sure its set to "macro" when your taking a picture of something upclose. natural lighting helps. also, yeah. one time i was eating pine nuts and apparently a little piece got stuck IN the fistula of my web, because it had been bothering me all day, and when i finally got home i took out the jewelry and a bit of nut came out with it. the next morning it felt fine again

 I managed to get a picture. A crappy one, but you can still tell it's messed up. Sorta.

 

 yeah, sometimes i get bits of food stuck under the heart shaped disk i have in my tongue. very uncomfortable. i hope you can get the problem resolved, whatever it is.