Braces, Face
100% complaining about the way I look! ahahfjdfklsjfad lol.
I loved how my teeth looked straighter after I got my braces. Anybody would. I was one of those asians who had some teeth freakishly turned and twisted. lol.
But what pisses me off is my orthodontist. I had a crossbite my jaw used to always click every time I opened it widely. , and my ortho said that my case was one of the most difficult he’s had. I had braces for 2 and 1/2 years. Towards the end, as I got it off, he seemed lazy and just said I should get them off. >_> And me, not knowing any better and not remembering how my bite used to be after 2 and 1/2 years, along with my mom who sometimes thinks simply and didn’t let me go get a second opinion… I got them off.
During those 2 and 1/2 years, there were moments were I felt pretty ugly. Not because of the grills on my teeth, but my ortho was moving my jaw so far back. My jaw must’ve moved at least 1 centimeter and back into my skull.
A lot of people this year and the last said I didn’t look like a senior. I don’t know if the result of my braces is 100% the reason, but I do believe it makes a difference. People before said I looked like a senior.
Here’s while I had braces. I couldn’t even bite down on noodles because my lower jaw was pulled too far back that my teeth didn’t even meet. It was honestly hard for me to eat sometimes because there was too much of a space from my jaw receeding. When I think of this pic and I look at the picture of Randy and me at sadies, I get frustrated.. lol. That’s why I switched my bangs from right to left. It’s because my chin is more lopsided and messed up on the left of my face. I know it’s hard to tell since people don’t look at my face everyday, but since I’m me, it’s easy for me to spot the differences in pictures. >_>
That’s why I switched my bangs from right to left. It’s because my chin is more lopsided and messed up on the left of my face, so I thought moving my bangs to the other side made it less obvious. I know it’s hard to tell since people don’t look at my face everyday, but since I’m me, it’s easy for me to spot the differences in pictures. >_> Here’s a picture of me in 8th grade. My teeth are all messy, but this was before my chin was crooked or pulled back at all. x_x
When I smiled, you could see the top and lower teeth. And I didn’t feel like a fuckin’ turtle with my chin going so far back! Dammit, haha.
I took the picture below just now. My chin being crooked is less obvious from the front.. Which is why I don’t like taking pictures from the angle that is the same side as my bangs. But I can still see my chin going back, and it makes me feel like a baby. That’s why I feel that people think I’m a freshman or a sophomore. Because I look younger.
VVVV Here’s a pic from when I did have braces, but they didn’t use rubberbands to pull back my chin yet.
I LOOKED OLDER!!! x_x
FRIGGIN ORTHO! I went to my family dentist a few months ago, and they are so confused. “Why aren’t your bottom teeth touching your front teeth?” And they told me my ortho was being lazy and only focused on the straightness of my upper teeth. UGH. “I can see that you have to force the muscles in your face to keep your jaw and mouth closed because he didn’t do it right.” UGH.
I took another picture moving my jaw back up, and having the same bite before I got braces. Oh, and I’m wearing headphones because my computer still has a virus on it and I gotta use my brother’s computer. haha
Sigh.. I am upset. I know I sound upset. It’s because I am! When my jaw is back, I feel like I look like a turtle, or a baby. More childish. My face looks smaller, making my eyes look larger, like a baby. My jaw is to the point where I can’t even make it straight right now, even if I tried. My bones have moved to the point where I can’t physically use my muscles to put it in the same place. Ortho gave me an overbite. Seriously? >_<
I don’t terribly hate the way I look now, after I got braces. Yeah, it’s immature to complain about the way you look. I can’t help it though. It’s like dammit, I liked the way I looked before. I still can’t even touch my teeth together in the front, because my jaw is far back. I know I might sound insecure or whatever. It’s like having straight teeth, then one day your family dentist, whom you paid, made you have two buck teeth out of nowhere. It’s frustrating.
I think I want to get my braces back on, or do something to correct my jaw in the future. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to it. I don’t know how I’ll complain to my ortho either. I’m scared x_x
