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Life After Tongue Tie Release: Hallie’s POV 👅✨

11 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, Hallie Bulkin shares her post‑procedure healing journey after undergoing a tongue‑tie release, adult palate expansion, and septum surgery. She describes a profound realization that she had been missing out on a truly rested state, having previously lived in chronic fatigue and heavy reliance on coffee. Since the procedures, she can no longer tolerate coffee—her gut reacts negatively—though she can still enjoy caffeine via black tea. Hallie emphasizes that her path to thriving is a series of incremental, "baby‑step" actions, constantly exploring one health improvement at a time to support overall well‑being.

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You don't know what you're missing out on and realize what you're missing out on. And as an adult, like, coming out of the tongue tie release and adult expansion and having my septum fixed and all these things, I was like, I feel like I was missing out on an entire life. I'm like, oh, that's what it feels like to be rested. I had no idea because I never was. And no wonder. I was always tired and thriving on coffee, which I can't even, like, drink coffee anymore, like, as of the past, like, year or two. I think it's the actual, like, coffee bean or something. I just don't feel well. I drink it and I. Well, I can have caffeine in, like, a black tea format and I'm okay, but the coffee and I, like, my gut is like, nope, you're done. I've been on this whole, like, healing journey now for a while, but, like, it's because I just kind of keep figuring out, like, well, what else can I do to help myself thrive? And it's like, baby steps. One little thing or big thing at a time, but, like, one thing at a time.