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Pheonix
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I'm making this thread cause some people asked me how I did it and some people wanted to bash me for the way I did it. Its OK I want the haters to comment on this cause the only way to make an educated decision is to hear all sides of the issue. the most common way to split your tongue is to go to a professional but I did not I did it myself and some people will bash me for this and their welcome to comment.
what the professional will do is slice your tongue down the middle with a scalpel and at that point they have to deal with the bleeding. (the tongue bleeds alot) they do this by suture or cauterization or both. going to a professional you have to do your homework, alot of so-called professionals haven't done this but they will give it a shot in order to to add a new body mod to their portfolio. if you go to a professional make sure they know what their doing and ask to see pics of the tongues they did this on.
enough about them now I'll tell you how I did mine myself. you need to start with a tongue piercing that is already healed (very important if its not healed completely it will start healing back together) then you take fishing line and put it through the piercing and tie it to the tip of your tongue. now I started with a piercing close to the tip at first in order to get the tip split just right. the fishing line cuts slowly as to never cause any major bleeding. keep tightening it as fast or as slow as whats comfortable for you. replace with new line when needed. just like with a tongue piercing rinse your mouth with 50% listerene and 50% water after eating, smoking, kissing, or drinking anything other than water.and clean it with glyoxide or some other oral antibiotic twice a day. make sure your splitting in the center between the two muscles anywhere else and you risk cutting major nerves or blood vessels.
the reason I did it this way is all the tongue splits I've seen from professionals started to heal back together and ended up looking like crap. but just like with piercing the most common reason it turns to crap is cause they didn't take proper aftercare cleaning procedures
one thing the nah-sayers will say is that fishing line can't be autoclaved but how many of you have an autoclave at home. I have a dry heat sterilizer for sterilizing jewelry and needles but fishing line will melt in that. but you can kill 99.9% of all germs on it by boiling it in water or cleaning it with Iodine, rubbing alcohol, or hydro-peroxide or both boiling then cleaning.
what the professional will do is slice your tongue down the middle with a scalpel and at that point they have to deal with the bleeding. (the tongue bleeds alot) they do this by suture or cauterization or both. going to a professional you have to do your homework, alot of so-called professionals haven't done this but they will give it a shot in order to to add a new body mod to their portfolio. if you go to a professional make sure they know what their doing and ask to see pics of the tongues they did this on.
enough about them now I'll tell you how I did mine myself. you need to start with a tongue piercing that is already healed (very important if its not healed completely it will start healing back together) then you take fishing line and put it through the piercing and tie it to the tip of your tongue. now I started with a piercing close to the tip at first in order to get the tip split just right. the fishing line cuts slowly as to never cause any major bleeding. keep tightening it as fast or as slow as whats comfortable for you. replace with new line when needed. just like with a tongue piercing rinse your mouth with 50% listerene and 50% water after eating, smoking, kissing, or drinking anything other than water.and clean it with glyoxide or some other oral antibiotic twice a day. make sure your splitting in the center between the two muscles anywhere else and you risk cutting major nerves or blood vessels.
the reason I did it this way is all the tongue splits I've seen from professionals started to heal back together and ended up looking like crap. but just like with piercing the most common reason it turns to crap is cause they didn't take proper aftercare cleaning procedures
one thing the nah-sayers will say is that fishing line can't be autoclaved but how many of you have an autoclave at home. I have a dry heat sterilizer for sterilizing jewelry and needles but fishing line will melt in that. but you can kill 99.9% of all germs on it by boiling it in water or cleaning it with Iodine, rubbing alcohol, or hydro-peroxide or both boiling then cleaning.