Tongue Splitting?

Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. In addition to being covered under laws prohibiting the unlicensed practice of medicine, tongue splitting is now banned in the U.S. military. Thus, by necessity, it is an underground practice (in the USA). The issue of tongue splitting has also divided bioethicists. Okay uhm, if it’s technically illegal and its awfully gruesome then why would you do this? Body modifications can only go so far before becoming absolutely disgusting. I can understand being yourself and standing out in a crowd, but really splitting your tongue isn’t the way to go; it just makes you look like a reptile of some sort or a just a freak. I know I say that ignore those who think what you’re doing to your body is weird but I mean really come on, cutting your tongue in half is plain ridiculous. The procedure is even more painful and gross then what the ending product looks like. In most cases, the split is created through scalpeling. To achieve a more rounded and natural look, the upper and lower part of the cutting area in both halves are often sutured together with stitches during the healing process. This prevents sharp, unnatural looking edges on the new "tongues" which would otherwise occur. Before splitting, some have a relatively thick tongue piercing where the base of the split is supposed to be, and wait until this is fully healed before going through the procedure, but the stretched piercing location will usually result in a visually different tissue than the sutured area. Healing of the tongue takes approximately 1–2 weeks and during this time, the person may be unable to eat their normal diet or talk clearly. Tongue bifurcation is, however, not necessarily a surgical procedure. Self modifiers often choose to achieve a split by gradually tightening nylon bindings inserted through an existing tongue piercing over a long period of time. This method is long, arduous, and requires a high pain tolerance. Tongue splitting is reversible but the reversal is even more painful than the tongue splitting procedure. This is reason enough to not even thinking about getting this done. Plus, what person in their right mind would want to date someone with two tongues? It’s just flat out creepy and they’d probably run for the hills if you tried to kiss them. I mean look at the Lizardman, he’s probably never going to be accepted into society and will probably never find someone that would actually want to date him because he’s so scary looking. So basically if you want this done your going to have to sit there with probably nothing to numb the pain and let them slice your tongue in half with a razor blade. This is VERY dangerous because there is a high chance that you could actually bleed to death and that’s never pleasant.