Hi @nate
No as long as it stays sealed in the container it comes in (which has chlorhexidine solution) it will be fine.
Others have installed the flexNT into this area (knife edge of the hand) with mixed results… nobody has had rejection issues but there are tissue tension problems. The reality is that the flexNT is not actually that flexible… it’s not like a piece of paper, it’s more like a very thick business card or a weak plastic credit card.