Hi Dinker, we are in the same boat. I also have the ceramics on top and when mine were put in place I almost cried right there in the orthos bathroom and ha d almost a instant love hate relationship with them. My brackets looked huge to me as well. I think now it's just not a natural thing to have these things stuck on your teeth. In your pics pretty much we see right past the brackets, but you see them. You have a silver wire. Next appointment ask for the white wire, this makes it so much easier on the eyes-I changed mine.
Problem is it's so new to you.
I too met boyfriends family right after being braced and wished they could have met me and seen what I really looked like. I'll know them when they are off and if they want to be so shallow in judging you with them on, let them. You'll be suprised they won't even think much of them but you will. Time is a factor here. They are so new.
I too know these things make me look at least 10 years older as well doing the same thing to my lips and lip lines. I noticed this shortly after they were placed.
Look at it all as a positive. You are correcting your mouth.
It's a big deal for you and all of us who have these things BUT the rest of the world could care less.
Show them who you are, and that's all they'll see. Don't let the braces get in the way.
(At first I would mention these braces in conversation, I noticed really that anyone I spoke with really could care less...I mean it.)
New, unhappy, pics
Moderator: bbsadmin
-
mamabracito
- Posts: 93
- Joined: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:39 am
Just wanted to say you don't look bad with those braces at all. As for the discomfort...i had that too...u will get use to it.
[url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/]
July 18, 2006 Speed Braces on both Top and Bottoms!
July 30, 2007 BSSO, Le Fort 1, SARPE, and something else Surgery lol!
Hi Dinker
I have the clear crystal brackets on my top arch, looks like thats what you have, and I remember in the beginning that my lips felt like they didn't fit over them. Now that my lips are used to the braces being there they are nicely relaxed and my top bracets actually sit kinda between my lips. Much more comfortable than in the beginning when I tried to get my upper lip to stay over them. Hang in there. I've always had positive reactions from people, and actually smile more now then I did before. Hope that you get used to them, good luck.
I have the clear crystal brackets on my top arch, looks like thats what you have, and I remember in the beginning that my lips felt like they didn't fit over them. Now that my lips are used to the braces being there they are nicely relaxed and my top bracets actually sit kinda between my lips. Much more comfortable than in the beginning when I tried to get my upper lip to stay over them. Hang in there. I've always had positive reactions from people, and actually smile more now then I did before. Hope that you get used to them, good luck.
-
LadyTr0uble
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:29 pm
- Location: NYC
Alright, my turn for my two cents: YOU LOOK FINE!!!!!
I know that initial shock is traumatic, but at least you didn't look in the mirror and saw a nice rollercoaster. That will soon pass. Your pix resemble some of the pix of those who are almost done with their braces.
12 months are going to fly by so quickly. I am sentenced to 18-24 months, and i remember thinking "holy moly, I can't get rid of this rollercoaster in my mouth till the end of 2008?!?! Maybe the $5000 to switch to Invisalign partway into my treatment will be worth it." Now I am 6 months (oh crap, it's been half a year already? I am still in shock) into it, and I barely notice them. You're just not used to them yet. And if you feel self-conscious for whatever reason, you are going to be done in no time flat! Water also helps with the lip vs. braces thing.
The best advice people in this forum gave me was "keep on living your life as normally as possible." The less you stress about them, the less people are going to notice them. I am sorry your family isn't as supportive as you'd want them to be. Give them time. I've got a Chinese grandmother who keeps asking me why I bother to pull a perfectly good tooth and putting myself through the pain of having braces when I already had a beautiful smile. Just let comments like that go.
You are going to come across perfect strangers who will notice that you have braces on and they will tell you:
A: I had braces as an adult and it was the best thing that I ever did for myself.
B: My wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/mother/father/ friend/etc got them a while back and ...
C: I have always wanted to get braces but I just couldn't do it.
D: I had braces as a kid but since I didn't wear my retainers, I want to get them again.
It's almost like walking around pregnant or with a kid. Notice how people will walk up to you and share their experieinces? It's the same thing.
Treat braces like something you simply had to do for your own health. I hope you and your loved ones will come to accept your braces.
Good luck with your boyfriend's family! I know meeting the bf's family is a big thing, and to have to deal with braces on top of that is even more stress. My bf's mom showed me pix of my bf's younger brother with braces on and told me all kinds of braces stories. Actually, that's how we bonded. weird, huh?
Well, lots of luck to you. If you are interested in seeing pix taken at close range, I have quite a few at: viewtopic.php?t=16410&highlight=
This can serve as a way for you to look at someone else's terrible teeth and think "lucky me, I don't have to deal with that"
You can't imagine to things I did just so i can get the details of the various ortho paraphernalia in my mouth to turn up on my camera!
Good luck (again!)
I know that initial shock is traumatic, but at least you didn't look in the mirror and saw a nice rollercoaster. That will soon pass. Your pix resemble some of the pix of those who are almost done with their braces.
12 months are going to fly by so quickly. I am sentenced to 18-24 months, and i remember thinking "holy moly, I can't get rid of this rollercoaster in my mouth till the end of 2008?!?! Maybe the $5000 to switch to Invisalign partway into my treatment will be worth it." Now I am 6 months (oh crap, it's been half a year already? I am still in shock) into it, and I barely notice them. You're just not used to them yet. And if you feel self-conscious for whatever reason, you are going to be done in no time flat! Water also helps with the lip vs. braces thing.
The best advice people in this forum gave me was "keep on living your life as normally as possible." The less you stress about them, the less people are going to notice them. I am sorry your family isn't as supportive as you'd want them to be. Give them time. I've got a Chinese grandmother who keeps asking me why I bother to pull a perfectly good tooth and putting myself through the pain of having braces when I already had a beautiful smile. Just let comments like that go.
You are going to come across perfect strangers who will notice that you have braces on and they will tell you:
A: I had braces as an adult and it was the best thing that I ever did for myself.
B: My wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend/mother/father/ friend/etc got them a while back and ...
C: I have always wanted to get braces but I just couldn't do it.
D: I had braces as a kid but since I didn't wear my retainers, I want to get them again.
It's almost like walking around pregnant or with a kid. Notice how people will walk up to you and share their experieinces? It's the same thing.
Treat braces like something you simply had to do for your own health. I hope you and your loved ones will come to accept your braces.
Good luck with your boyfriend's family! I know meeting the bf's family is a big thing, and to have to deal with braces on top of that is even more stress. My bf's mom showed me pix of my bf's younger brother with braces on and told me all kinds of braces stories. Actually, that's how we bonded. weird, huh?
Well, lots of luck to you. If you are interested in seeing pix taken at close range, I have quite a few at: viewtopic.php?t=16410&highlight=
This can serve as a way for you to look at someone else's terrible teeth and think "lucky me, I don't have to deal with that"
You can't imagine to things I did just so i can get the details of the various ortho paraphernalia in my mouth to turn up on my camera!
Good luck (again!)
