A 19-year-old student Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones of Beeston, Nottingham, wants to excel in Korean Language as she wants to live in Korea in her coming life. The obsession to speak the language properly led her to undertake the lingual frenectomy surgery.

Rhiannon suffered a condition called Ankyloglossia, or commonly as 'Tongue Tie’, in which a person possessed a tongue which was smaller than the usual size. Her condition was an obstacle which made it difficult for her to pronounce certain Korean alphabets properly. On discussing this problem with her dentist, Rhiannon found that her condition interfered with her Korean accent and that the surgery would solve her problem.

The 20 minutes surgery performed at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre, provided her with a 1 cm long tongue, which further solved her problem. As per Rhiannon, “I was a bit nervous, and it was agony at first, but healed within two weeks, and I noticed the difference instantly. Suddenly I was able to pronounce words I had no hope of before”.

Rhiannon is a Korean bible reader in a local church and is waiting for her results of A-level test on Korean language. She aspires to take up Korean Studies degree at Sheffield University.