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This has always helped me (found it years ago):

We wouldn't worry so much what other people think of us if we realized how seldom they do.

Good luck.

Thanks for all the responses so far.

Do adult braces change the face more than for younger people? If you haven't smiled most of your life - what does it mean to start? Does the mouth change as it now has to expand to show teeth, etc. Can you look worse than you did? Clearly, I'm a little overly concerned, probably. I guess because I n...

Thanks for the report on getting the braces on. That was helpful and calmed me some. I'm on the cusp of the procedure....and wildly ambivalent. Mostly I worry that they will just drive me crazy and I'll pull the plug on the whole effort.......

Thanks for the good wishes and the push!

I'm on the cusp of getting full braces to correct multiple crowded teeth. A whole - long - lifetime of not smiling has finally given me the nerve(s). But I'm beyond nervous - not so much for how it may look but for any discomfort, etc. Will they drive me crazy so much that I forget how much I hate m...