Tongue Un-Tied

A lingual frenectomy is a form of frenectomy associated with the tongue.

The removal of the lingual frenulum under the tongue can be accomplished with either frenectomy or frenuloplasty. This is used to treat a tongue tied patient. Immediately after this minor oral surgery, the tongue can often dramatically extend out of the mouth which it could not do before. This can help reduce breastfeeding complications, help improve speech and promote proper tooth arch development.

Frenectomy has become popular in South Korea in order to lengthen normal children's tongues by about 1 mm so they can speak English better.[1] Critics regard the surgery as unnecessary, as Koreans born in the United States have no trouble distinguishing r and l.[2]

[edit] References 1. ^ Domenico Marceri, "English in France? Mais Oui!" Seoul Times, 2005.
2. ^ Demick, Barbara. "A snip of the tongue and English is yours!" Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2002.

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[isaiahsmom621]

@jvasquez213

Don't say never when you have not been in that situation! My son is tongue tied, and b/c they didn't clip it like they did to this baby, he now has to have surgery to correct it. He was not able to breast feed and at a year old cannot eat solids b/c he cannot use his tongue to push his food back to swallow.

[oddfellowfloyd]

That was terrifying. Just do it without anesthesia, why don't you?? Jesus give the medicine time to work, and use more of it! -__-

[foraxedent]

That was F*ucked up sh*t

[IndigoDragon327]

WHAT THE F**K are they doing to this kid and why???? vid doesn't say or at least not that I have seen???

[conn0r644]

I wish my parents had mine removed..... -_-

It's annoying as helllllllllllll

[startingoutbackwards]

My daughter had happy gas then they snipped it with no fuss

[MrsArdyia]

oh poor baby....I think my son is gonna have to have this done.

[Mrsdepp2008]

:( So sad, but hey, its fixed now. He/she? wont even remember it.

[killswitch2318]

I don't have mine.

[jamielynn12100]

they should have put it 2 sleep or something during tht

[geradino123456789]

D: omg, and I still have mine and I am nineteen

[bananapuffs1]

wow lol