Hello everyone! I have posted a few times around the forum but just realized that I never officially introduced myself. My name is Carrie and I am 28 years old. I have suffered from pretty bad crowding (mostly on the bottom teeth) all my life due to a small mouth and bad genetics I guess (It's funny but my brother and I have the same exact problem and our bottom teeth are crowded/overlap in the same spots).
I finally got the courage to get braces and I'm so glad I did. It's taking a while to get used to them, but I'm sure I will in time. Luckily, I haven't felt too much pain yet. Just odd discomfort and awareness of them being there. My total estimated time in braces is 15 to 18 months which isn't too bad.
Here is a pic (with my hot pink ligs
). This also gives a pretty good view of my crowding issues:
