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'''<u>"Yes, if you touch the wrong thing you'll get cooties."</u>'''
The splitting of the [[Clitoral hood]]. This is often performed on women who want increased sensitivity, especially if they have a long hood which covers the [[Clitoris]] and makes direct stimulation difficult.


If you touch something that's non-[[Sterile|sterile]], you are contaminated. If you then touch something that's not contaminated (or is currently sterile), it becomes contaminated, and so on. This is why a responsible modification practitioner goes through more than one pair of [[Gloves|gloves]] in a procedure, switching it whenever they have become contaminated and then need to access something which they may not contaminate.
Hood splits are often done by clamping the tissue until it becomes paper thin, and then cutting with a [[Scalpel]] or surgical scissors. Sutures are not needed, though occasionally one is used at the top of the split.


As such, a practitioner has to be constantly aware of what they are touching and what its status is. Any time they touch anything that might be contaminated (for example, a cabinet door), their gloves are then considered contaminated. Any clean object touched after that gets added to the contaminated list (including the [[Client|client]]), potentially transferring [[Microbes|microbes]] and other contaminants. Switching gloves halts this process if it is done at the right times.
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[[File:Hoodsplit1.jpg|thumb|180px|Hood Split, healing]]
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[[File:Hoodsplit2.jpg|thumb|180px|Hood Split, fresh]]
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[[File:Hoodsplit3.jpg|thumb|180px|Hood split, fully healed, with regrowth]]
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== See Also ==
* [[Female Circumcision]]

Latest revision as of 05:04, 17 September 2023

The splitting of the Clitoral hood. This is often performed on women who want increased sensitivity, especially if they have a long hood which covers the Clitoris and makes direct stimulation difficult.

Hood splits are often done by clamping the tissue until it becomes paper thin, and then cutting with a Scalpel or surgical scissors. Sutures are not needed, though occasionally one is used at the top of the split.


Hood Split, healing
Hood Split, fresh
Hood split, fully healed, with regrowth

See Also