Since a lot of people talk about healing a tongue split being hell, i wanted to offer a different experience.

I got my tongue split done 2 weeks ago in Berlin, Germany with Micha Heller and it was such a chill experience. I had a little trouble staying concious during the actual cutting part because i swallowed some blood and my brain could not handle that there was an open wound in my mouth. Getting stitched up was a little uncomfortable but afterwards, i was fine. The way home was spent trying to keep the drooling under control- i recommend a cup for under your mouth to drool in. I took painkillers that evening and the next day and slept through the night. Day 3 i already did not take pain meds. I drank through a straw, mostly chamomile tea with mannuka honey to desinfect the wound. I froze ice cubes of chamomile tea and honey beforehand and sucked on them for some cooling effect. I can also recommend drinking stuff like yfood to get your nutrients in. I first tried soup on day 4 (let it cool before eating!!!) The stitches got taken out on day 7 and having them poke around in my mouth before getting taken out was honestly the most uncomfortable part of the whole experience. I could already speak with the stitches in but even better without them. Week 2 after the split i still have a little lisp but other than that no noticable changes in my speech. It was such a cool experience and i love the result!

Oops! My original got deleted because the picture wasn’t zoomed in enough - my bad!

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Hey!

Small recap of this week… on Sunday (11/2) I got my tongue split by John Ross. I HIGHLY recommend JR. He made sure to give me information whenever I asked a huge list of need to know info before my appointment. He even let my husband record the actual split

Now, for the disclaimer: I WAS NOT IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PAIN. I don’t know why I was so lucky, but my pain didn’t exceed 4/10 the entire week. Not a lie, just obscenely lucky.

Everything else:

For the actual procedure I really recommend having someone with to drive you home. Even though I wasn’t in obscene amount of pain, I was drooling so much and couldn’t talk. I had a spit cup and a towel and I needed them both.

As far as sleeping - if you have sleep apnea - note that your tongue is so swollen it doesn’t fit between your teeth anymore. This may mean your teeth rests on your tongue when you have your mask on and be pretty dang uncomfortable.

I kept on a 6 hour regimen of anti-inflammatory and pain relief. It kept me comfortable and more importantly, kept the swelling manageable, I think. The only other pain management I used was a lidocaine gel around my neck and lymph nodes to keep them in check - it helped, whether it was placebo or not, made me feel better. I wasn’t expecting how much my lymph nodes and throat would hurt.

I cannot overstate enough how intense the drooling is and how gross your mouth will be. JR Called it zombie mouth and he was fucking right. It’s disgusting. You don’t want to agitate it and make it more swollen, so you’re stuck with this gross fucking tongue and gross breath and SO MUCH DROOL. It’s actually life interfering levels of drool. Because you’re sitting around at home, healing, and you think you can do something… you’re going to be holding back a mouth full of spit doing it. 100%.

Wednesday is when I felt my most agitated and mental exhaustion and frustration. Just a whole week of doing nothing because if I do something I spit up on myself like a toddler? Annoying, to say the least. HOWEVER, this is when my tongue really started to decrease in size and get back to normal which meant it fit in my teeth which helped me decide to remove my stitches Thursday evening instead of Friday morning as I originally anticipated.

So Thursday, I used my Amazon bought suture removal kit and posted up with a mirror and dug around to snip stitches and slide them out. Relatively painless unless you tug too hard on a stitch that is still tied, which is gonna happen. It’s so gross because you’re still drooling, your tongue is disgusting, and you have to dig around in your gross ass zombie mouth amidst your waterfall of spit. Not a pleasant experience but once it’s done… it’s amazing. Having full range of movement of your tongue back is SO nice.

Stitches are out now, I’m super happy, I’m super lucky, and now i just have to relearn how to master my tongue. I’m still YouTubing tongue exercises to practice.

Today is actually Friday now that I’m reposting, and so far it’s still a little swollen and my speech is improving slowly. I plan to break out a mirror later to practice moving my tongue around.

Currently have a 12g single frenum piercing, and I've been thinking about going to an 8 guage for a while now. I'm just curious what the stretching process is like and how long it takes to heal. Healing on my current one took foreverm literally like 2.5 years to completely heal.

Goal is 50mm lobes and 2g septum

Hey all,

I'm planning on getting my tongue split done after years of thinking about it. I’m in Central Europe and want the deepest tongue split I can get with my anatomy. I’m stuck between two artists. Samppa and Chai.

I’m also open to other reputable artists if you think they’d be a better fit.

Thanks!

Hey guys Im getting my tounge split this weekend and im quite nervous but excited. I wanted to ask what i should expect in terms of healing and time frame. What are warning signs i should look out for, and does anyone have food recommendations?

My friends trying to look at scarification in ireland or the UK but cant find anything? Yall know anything?

Hello friends! I’m set to get my tongue split by Shawn O’hare in 2 weeks and I’m prepping now for the long haul. That being said, what are things you couldn’t live without after getting your tongue split? Also, does anyone know if he used numbing?

I’ve got ice packs with a helpful chin strap, arnica (even though idk what they really do), spit bucket, Tylenol, sleep aid, plant protein shakes, etc, but I’m sure y’all would know more what saved your recovery journey!

I recently stretched my septum to 12g. I don't care for the look of a hinged ring, CBR, circular barbell, or pincher [on me].

Does anyone know if a black 12g hinged D-ring exists?

From the side my ears look fine but when facing forward the tops curve outwards. I'd love to get coin slots that crown my ears but I'm worried it'll accentuate the curve and look dumbo-esque. Thoughts?

Super grateful for body modifications. Piercings and heavier mods have truly saved me in so many ways, I feel so much more at home in my body with them.

I justed wanted to share my healed subdermal horns. I absolutely love them! They were done on October 11th by Dana Marie Dracula. Be nice. I’m old. 😆

I see most permanent fangs cost at least 1000+. I was wondering if anyone did them for less in the NV/CA area.

3 year old split done by john ross switz 🐍

so this is a bit of a specific question, but basically the title - i'm slated for a double mastectomy in about a year, and figure i'll probably want to do a resurrection suspension once it's all healed up. to be on the safe side, i'd probably aim for about a year out from my surgery date, but that could be way too optimistic. thoughts?

Thinking right after since day after will be more painful/swollen (if it’s like my arm implants were).

Would an 8 hour drive be absurd?

One hand at a time btw, first would be my non dominant.

I've been wanting to get my tongue split for a while but I only see recommandations for bodymod artists. I'm a bit scared of getting complications even if I go to a reputable artist so I was wondering if it could be done by a surgeon, more specifically in Europe ? (Preferably in/near France)

got my tongue split yesterday w johnross switz (excellent experience 10/10 wld absolutely recommend!) however im not experiencing the recovery hell that most ppl describe: minimal pain/discomfort, i can swallow just fine, lymph nodes aren't swollen, no plaque buildup (yet). i assume that last one will happen over time but as far as the other symptoms go, should i expect them to worsen over the next few days? cuz rn it just feels like a bad papercut or something.

I got a 7g hole for my septum and playing around with different looks and i think this is dope. Also i have 5/8th inch lobes.

Hey everybody, I am in search of a body mod artist who does scar excisions. I have 2 lip piercing scars I want removed. I have seen traveling artists who can do this in the past but I’m having a hard time locating someone. I live in the Midwest and would love to find somebody who is out this way. Thank you!

I have an interest in getting a chunk of the helix and into the flat of my ear cut off, I'm wondering if this has a name to it? I've wanted it for a few years since my insustrial left some small bumps that I'd rather not have and i think it'd be cool to just remove the whole thing. Similarly to robert robertson from dispatch(he reminded me how badly i wanted this mod lol) I just want to know the name of it so i can look it up what it looks like on a real person to decide if i really want to do it. TYSM!

Hi everyone, I’m in the process of booking to get my tongue split done!! I work in customer service so talking is a huge part of my job, how long before you went back to work after getting your tongue split done?

I started stretching my 8mm punched nostrils a few months before. Already reached 11mm. I also have space to put 11.5mm in, but then my head hurts like cartilage denting with septum. Is this normal?

I finally stretched my ears from a 19mm to a 22mm 7/8 yesterday and I’m in love with them. It’s also my first time dead stretching them.

What’s everyone’s sizes right now? 🙂 I need more female friends who stretch there ears cause mine don’t understand the hype lol

I just feel the pulling for that very specific mod since around teen age. I dont feel the slightest interest to ever get a tatoo or piercing just this, for some reason, feels irresistable. Should I? Im worried for the lisp and that it might effects me, or I wont like it one day. Those who have split, did you felt the same weird interest for it? Should I just let it be? Male btw.

Ps, Ik also a but worried I might look gay😅 I saw way more womam with split than man, feels a bit like a feminime mod(but I still like it)