Few young parents today have not heard of it.
In recent years, the tongue frenulum of infants has become the fad of some professionals who have, directly or indirectly, breastfeeding.
All babies are born with this little fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
But in some - 1% to 10% of newborns - it is abnormally short: this is called ankyloglossia.
This is particularly noticeable in the heart shape of the tongue when the baby cries.
Fashion or necessity
Faced with difficulties in starting breastfeeding or pain in the mother, perinatal professionals then question this small anatomical anomaly.
They recommend a small operation called a frenotomy, which consists of cutting this lingual frenulum in order to restore the tongue to full mobility.
More and more parents are thus offered this incision as a solution to breastfeeding problems.
A fad, or a real necessity?
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