I don't have the condition, but I'd suggest getting a second opinion at least to verify that you'd actually get the changes you'd expect.

I don't have this condition but it's probably worth getting a second opinion before opting into a procedure. Dental practices have been known to push work on patients to make money. Not saying that's happening in your case but if a second practice agrees, you can be all the more sure they're being upfront with you.

My grandfather had this, and had it corrected in his 40s, iirc. Before my time by a country mile, but my mom has talked about it. He did not regret it, but that's as much as I know.

When I was a kid that little flap of skin would get stuck between my front bottom teeth and it hurt like hell. They basically touched it with a razor just enough to draw blood and it lengthened it enough not to happen anymore. Like, the tiniest, tiniest cut. I doubt that's helpful, but thought I'd share.

I have nothing useful to say but thank you for educating me that this is a real thing and not just a colloquialism.

All I can say is that I was born that way and it was corrected as an infant.

No insight from living with it or any ability to compare my life with it having been done.

I'd say I'm glad that was done and not so glad about the circumcision.

I agree with the thoughts on second opinions. It sounds like you cope fine with your current situation already, and to be honest I'm skeptical much would change. At your age, the way you speak would be a very ingrained muscle memory thing. Maybe you could change it with some concerted effort but I suspect even with the surgery you'd still tend to speak the way you currently do.

I was born with one and it was partially corrected at birtb. I can't stick my tongue out far, but I have none of the other issues you've listed (partly because I'm a woman married to a man).

I highly doubt you would regret having it done as long as you're in a clean environment with a surgeon who knows what they are doing

I had this procedure done as a child. Very simple, zero problems. I never even remembered it before your post.

Sorry I had to do it, I had no choice!

It's a bop though.

It's not the same thing, but it looks like you haven't got a match yet. I'm in my 40's and just had jaw surgery about 6 months ago. Everyone I could find seemed wildly glad they'd done it. I'm relatively early in recovery and still somewhat annoyed with the process. However, my teeth line up how they should now so that's pretty sweet. (That was the reason for it.) Also my face isn't crooked any more and my tongue has more room and apparently I don't snore any more.

It sounds like the tongue tie surgery is much less invasive and stuff in your mouth heals pretty quick. (All I'm waiting for at this point is nerves and bone.) I ultimately decided to go ahead with it even though I feel like I'm pretty old, because I figure I should live at least another 40 years, and 40 years is a long, long time. May as well make it a little better if possible.

Thanks for sharing this story. I believe it's going to be difficult to find a lot of people in a similar predicament as you since tied tongues are not extremely common, and when they happen they are usually dealt with during infancy. What's really unusual about your story is that no other doctor or dentist picked this up over four decades ...

I'm also on second opinion camp but I can't speak from personal experience, sorry. I'd be really curious to know how it works out for you if you get surgery though.

Good luck!

I noticed I’m in the same situation (tongue tied), and the only downside I noticed is when speaking Spanish I can’t really say the R as in the word “Rico” correctly. I do it in a very simple way but can’t hold it like most speakers can. And I though about having it corrected, but to me a surgery would be too big a risk for a small benefit.

I'm in the same boat as you OP - a tongue tied adult who's considered treatment a few times before.

I'm not sure of all the benefits there are to getting it fixed though, other than being able to lick [icecream cones] with competence. I also can't roll my Rs which made high school Spanish miserable.

I've read that recovery is rough the first few days after surgery, and I'm sure we'd have to relearn how to talk to some degree. This tradeoff doesn't seem worth it to me, so I haven't gotten it fixed.

Besides, it's a fun conversation piece if I ever need it.