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this summer i am gonna get braces....my orthodntic suggest me to wear braces. the treatement is a year and cost 2000USD
my teeth looks fine but the button look a little bit crowded...and now i am freaking out...
i am 20 already..i am a college student...i have my social life....with braces its hard to make friends especially opposite sex friends like gf.....dont tell me to get invisible braces or cermic because i really dont have the money
please give me some suggestion
and tell me how u adjust your feeling thanks~~

You'll be fine. I'm 21 and with braces. If a girl doesn't want you because of your braces, then she isn't worth dating anyway. Good luck!

Go for it man, it's only a year of treatment and 2grand, alot of people need to go through treatment for much longer, 2 years or more! Not to mention pay higher prices, your teeth may look fine but i'm betting there are smaller issues with your bite and such, less noticeable stuff.

It isn't harder at all to make friends, girls or guys, with braces. Unless you let it affect your personality, otherwise chances are people won't care. As for a girlfriend, at least the braces show you're putting effort into fixing your teeth, like drazda said too if she doesn't want you because of braces, she isn't worth your time.

The first thing my wife said when I got braces was that she wanted to make out because I looke so cute in braces. I say to you go for it, it worked out well for me.

Just a bit of a girl's perspective here. No girl that you are going to want to date will shun you because of braces. I honestly don't know where this "braces stigma" has come from! Number one, you are working to improve yourself - noone makes fun of you for going to the gym and pumping iron! Do yourself a favor and get the braces. You'll find that it may give you even more attention than without. You only live this life once, make sure you're happy first, then worry about girls. GL!!

I'm 25 and getting braces day after tomorrow. I know that personally I don't care what a person's teeth in braces look like. It would never have kept me from dating anyone. I also never cared about my friends having braces. It's the sort of thing where if they had had them and needed some self-esteem bolstering because of it, I would gladly let them know they don't look stupid, and that would have been the truth. If people are worth anything they really aren't going to care how you look. I know that's really mom-ish of me to say, but it's true.
You're taking care of your teeth, and that's what's important for you.

thanks for the tip i am now ready to get my braces.....
please give me more support
i will update some pictures when i get my braces~

No worries about the opposite sex! It's just fine to keep them on, and nobody really cares except the person in braces. My girlfriend has been the same to me since I got them on.

More then anything, there have been even more people talking to me about themselves getting braces, and asking me questions about it.

If it is any consolation, my husband had braces when we first met ( had them off at our wedding, then didnt wear retainer so back on for a few more years...) and I thought he was very attractive with them! The second time he had them he was in his 20's.

I think that any girl/guy that would refuse to date you b/c you had braces isnt someone that you want to be with anyway.

If ( and this is a BIG IF) it happens that your social life declines, just think of the great grades you'll be getting -and great teeth to go with it.

If someone is that shallow, you wouldn't want to be around them anyway. I wouldn't worry about it.

I'd like to chime in, that if you can get braces for 2k, your probably doing better than most of us. I wouldn't worry about what a potiential gf might think. Had you condsidered she might find them cute?

If you need braces I really suggesting doing it. Better now than later. You could be in my shoes and job hunting and going to interviews with braces on. I wouldn't worry about the social aspect. I have yet to meet one person who thought of less of someone for bettering themselves.

- Missing Tooth -

I think guys with braces are very cute- besides: most girls would say that braces are way better than crooked teeth= like they said, girls have a thing for guys willing to better themselves, and I promise you'll feel even more confident once you have them on, I smile more now with braces than I did without them o_o... it's all of that improvement you'll see- and besides, its a great conversation starter- especially since a vast majority of people have had braces before, so they don't laugh/repel, they talk about their own stories, and give you alot of advice- and hey, they can probably teach you a few things like kissing in braces if you ask

what kind of braces are you getting?

eoberhauser wrote:Just a bit of a girl's perspective here. No girl that you are going to want to date will shun you because of braces. I honestly don't know where this "braces stigma" has come from! Number one, you are working to improve yourself - noone makes fun of you for going to the gym and pumping iron! Do yourself a favor and get the braces. You'll find that it may give you even more attention than without. You only live this life once, make sure you're happy first, then worry about girls. GL!!

Fabulous post!