Split Tongues

[Dolemite]

James Keen, a 19-year-old from Scottsville, Ky., shows off his spilt tongue at his home Wednesday, May 7, 2003. James got his tongue split in December by a piercer after a surgeon declined to do it for him. He says the piercer used a scalpel heated by a blow torch and no anesthetic. Some say the practice, still relatively uncommon but edging up in popularity, is nothing short of mutilation. Lawmakers in Illinois are considering regulations that would all but outlaw it. (AP Photo/Joe Imel)

All I can say, is...holy shit. I've seen some fucked up things in my time but this takes the fucked up cookie. Aside from the health concerns- the risk of infection is huge (not that I care, if you're stupid enough to do this then you deserve to have your tounge fall off), not to mention the fact that the procedure is performed usually by piercers and not qualified surgeons (though I hope no 'qualified' surgeon would ever do something so dumb)- it just looks retarded. What's next, getting your schlong split in half...?

Hmm.....

[YellerDog]

Wouldn't that fuck up your voice?

[Despair]

THIS IS FUCKIN STUPID.

[Josh]

This has been going on for a while...

Originally posted by Dolemite
What's next, getting your schlong split in half...?

So has that.

[Thief Silver]

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[YellerDog]

I bet there will be a rumor that it helps with oral sex.

Then EVERYONE will have it.

So much for schmo's "statement".

[Jeremy]

Damn, YellerDog beat me to it. It looks stupid as hell, and sounds painful and expensive.

[Kidnemo]

I would guess that the chance of infection is really, really low. Tongue peircings are one of the fastest and safest spots you can have done because your saliva is always keeping it clean.

I'd guess the only dangers would be nerve damage or possibly hitting on of the veins on the bottom of the tongue.

[Dolemite]

Originally posted by 88mph
So has that.

Actually, I've heard about getting your dick split in half, I was just hoping that it wasn't true.

Originally posted by Kidnemo
I would guess that the chance of infection is really, really low. Tongue peircings are one of the fastest and safest spots you can have done because your saliva is always keeping it clean.

Actually, I've heard that tongue peircing carries a rather high risk of infection. A girl I know had it done once and she had to carry around a huge bottle of Listerine and had to constantly wash out her mouth with it for at least a week or so to prevent infection and get the swelling down. I don't know if it's like that for everyone, though.

[StriderKyo]

Yuck.