disclaimer i dont have perfect english but hope I can explain well what i was thinking and experiencing after having a tongue split done; also everything in this post is obviously an individual experience and ive seen plenty of posts made by people who have no issues with this bodymod and are absolutely happy with it
so ill start from the worst thing(?) which isn't specifically a con but a risk i would like to know if i was deciding of doing it again
- the person who did it was a super reputable popular dude having a medical background and -- a long history of making specifically tongue splits--, he had a large and really nice looking portfolio! and ive read a lot of great reviews on him on different sources but my tongue split is uneven! the stitches on one half started falling out two days earlier than i was supposed to take them out, although i followed all the instructions and recommendations very carefully and in general had a super even and normal tongue before haha, as i understood they were made too close to the surface on the left side idk why and that lead to having a wider scar on this side while almost no scar on the other, and THIS lead to it being a little bit crooked, a little bit stiffer and a little bit shorter on the left side! it doesn't look bad at all but if i were a perfectionist or had an OCD it would drive me crazy to this day; the dude who made the mod told me to stretch it and i did stretch it 20mins a day for a week as he recommended but nothing changed
now a bit more common thing
I THINK it depends what language you speak to speak the same after this mod if you speak english you probably won't even notice any difference in like a week after BUT if you speak mostly in something like russian as me it would be harder; i am speaking fine now but in the mornings i or if i spoke a lot this day it takes a lot more concentration to say "R"s after and somestimes during the day and for me this is very annoying as i had perfect diction before and loved to tell stories and speak a lot and fast in general AND NOW IT KINDA takes part off my charisma lol
my tongue became more active in my mouth and somehow i damaged my gums in the back of it multiple times just by moving my tongue around and pressing it to the walls of my mouth all day for no reason as if you have some toy in your hand and you play with it not thinking much about it but gums are MORE DAmagable(?) than hands and they were bleeding after i was doing so and i had to get used to not moving my tongue that much; but what im saying is im still not fully used to my tongue after a year, and sometimes when trying to fall asleep i feel discomfort from the halves touching eachother hahaha
so now sometimes i speak not as clear as before and one half is less controllable than other
besides those things i wanted to add something positive - I still can whistle and still can make a bubble with a gum!
hope this information helps someone because while i was doing my research ive never seen anyone speaking about first and third points i wrote
(i got my tongue split done in USA, LA for anyone wondering)