DIY web cutting

[JeffD]

When I was young I was told I was tongue tied and that I needed outpatient surgery to fix it. After freaking out because of the needle they would have to stick in my arm (funny now....) to knock me out for the procedure I said no way, I'll live with it. Well its started to <blank> me off (17 years later). I did a DIY piercing a few weeks ago and started thinking what else could I do. I grabbed some chloraseptic spray and soaked my web in it for a good 5 minutes to get it numb. Had some all metal scissors I pressure cooked to sterilize them. Poked it with a piercing needle to make sure it was numb. And snipped about 5mm into the web. Bled for about 5 minutes and is now just kinda achy.

So far I have been able to touch the roof of my mouth with the tip of my tongue...impossible since the day I was born! And I am looking forward to better speech and bedroom activities ;-p

Saved what $2,000 in Dr. bills too >.>


As with anything on this site: do so at your own risk.

And after this is healed I'm going to re-evaluate and see if I need to go 'deeper' as when it heals I read that it can shrink back up a tad.

[iamblackbird]

Congrats! I'm glad you were able to do it (relatively) safely.

Hope healing goes all right for you. Do you happen to have before/after shots? That would be interesting to see.

[JeffD]

Dont have a before but here is an after shot. It is still somewhat short so I'll have to go some more later. If the link doesn't work its in my member gallery. The DIY piercing I have photos of in there has been taken out and redone using clamps and measuring the distance....ah learning the 'painful' way ;-p

http://www.bodypiercingpictures.painfulpleasures.com/showphoto.php/photo/7057/ppuser/16161

Just uploaded it (May 21 so it may still say pending)

-Jeff

[crimson404_mod]

I did the same thing but i used a scalpel and no anesthetic. I didnt feel anything though and didnt think it required it. My experience with it turned out great and i shortly after that pierced my tongue.