"Lingual frenulum" is the medical term for the skin under your tongue. Some infants and adults need this skin cut, particularly if they have feeding or speech challenges. Several procedures can ...

The frenulum is a tiny piece of skin at the base of the tip of the penis. It’s very thin and can be easily injured. Though painful, this injury can usually be treated at home without lasting ...

France — On April 26, the French Academy of Medicine published an official statement calling for "more cautiousness for lingual frenotomy in newborns and infants." In January, several academic ...

Snipping an infant’s tongue can improve breastfeeding. But is the surgery overused or even medically necessary? Want more from the show? You can get messages right from our hosts (and more ...

This randomized trial included 58 infant-mother dyads. The goal was to determine whether early release of ankyloglossia provided benefit to infants as measured by total duration of breastfeeding. The ...

A study by Benoiton et al 3 evaluated 34 infants within 24 hours of frenotomy for ankyloglossia and/or tethered, maxillary labial frenum (upper lip tie) and 2 weeks later. The Hazelbaker Assessment ...

Rachel Morgan Cautero, journalist and author of The Atlantic piece “Why So Many Babies Are Getting Their Tongues Clipped.” (@RachelMorganCau) Dr. Jonathan Walsh, pediatric ENT at Johns Hopkins.

The Atlantic: “Why So Many Babies Are Getting Their Tongues Clipped” — “It’s uttered in hushed tones during mommy-and-me yoga classes and at Montessori-school drop-offs, discussed ad nauseam in ...