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The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

Asthaa Chaturvedi, Diana Nguyen, Will Reid and

Michael Benoist and

Diane Wong and


A Times investigation has found that dentists and lactation consultants around the country are pushing “tongue-tie releases” on new mothers struggling to breastfeed, generating huge profits while often harming patients.

Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter at The Times, discusses the forces driving this emerging trend in American health care and the story of one family in the middle of it.


Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter at The New York Times.

Lauren Lavelle and her daughter June at their home in Boise, Idaho. June had a bad experience after undergoing a tongue-tie procedure shortly after she was born.Natalie Behring for The New York Times
  • Inside the booming business of cutting babies’ tongues.

  • What parents should know about tongue-tie releases.

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