on the ooglie scale
alright, braces! so i got them yesterday, & i look like this. not hideously ugly (i hope), but definitely not attractive. oh well. to start from the beginning of this dental torture, pulling out 4 teeth at once wasn't fun, but not as bad as i expected. thank goodness for anesthetics. i couldn't really eat for a few days, but at least it didn't hurt. now actual braces is another story, because guess what...IT HURTS. LIKE HELL.
i got clear brackets with dark grey elastics, which is low key but good to start off with i guess. if i feel adventurous enough i may get neon pink elastics one day haha. it didn't hurt when i first got them on, but last night it started hurting, & still hurts now. well, it's bearable when i'm not eating, but i have to eat sometime right. argh. i know - no pain, no gain/beauty is pain & all that, but that doesn't stop it from hurting. and it's worse when everyone else at this age is post-braces & has perfect teeth. T____T at least i get tips on what/what not to do, & warnings on how much they're going to hurt haha.
in case anyone is wondering, i only got them now cos 1. when i was in Spore my mom wasn't sure how much longer we would stay for 2. i'm not sure i trust dentists/orthos in TW entirely (i only went to the dentist twice there & they didn't do jack to clean my teeth -.-) 3. i was really against getting them until last year. my mom had been telling me to get them since i started uni, but i was like meh. but over time it became more obvious that my teeth were sticking out. and my relatives & mom's friends kept commenting that i should get them...sooooo i was like okay maybe i need them after all. so after much trouble & stress in dealing with Kingston's lousy wols ortho/dentist offices, here they are. whoopee.
never mind, i shall take comfort in the fact that Niki didn't get braces till she was 20 either, & she's beauuuuuutifullll now (of course that is prolly cos she's a celebrity -.-). but still. she said no boys were attracted to her before she got braces LOL. i am a boy-repeller! XD
_toasterhead's new dental rules:
>> brush after every meal if possible
>> floss regularly (i haven't at all cos it's so troublesome & i'm lazyyy)
>> swish with listerine periodically (to prevent cankersores, ouch)
>> drink milk (strong teeth, yaye!)
>> stop poking braces with hands/tongue
>> keep a picture log of how teeth move to celebrate decreasing oogliness
>> continue to smile bigly in pictures :D
>> wait patiently for 2+ years for braces to come off, then proceed to attract lots of boys XD (oh, & maybe grow a sexy mane ala Sergio in the meantime)
fun, fun, fun.
i got clear brackets with dark grey elastics, which is low key but good to start off with i guess. if i feel adventurous enough i may get neon pink elastics one day haha. it didn't hurt when i first got them on, but last night it started hurting, & still hurts now. well, it's bearable when i'm not eating, but i have to eat sometime right. argh. i know - no pain, no gain/beauty is pain & all that, but that doesn't stop it from hurting. and it's worse when everyone else at this age is post-braces & has perfect teeth. T____T at least i get tips on what/what not to do, & warnings on how much they're going to hurt haha.
in case anyone is wondering, i only got them now cos 1. when i was in Spore my mom wasn't sure how much longer we would stay for 2. i'm not sure i trust dentists/orthos in TW entirely (i only went to the dentist twice there & they didn't do jack to clean my teeth -.-) 3. i was really against getting them until last year. my mom had been telling me to get them since i started uni, but i was like meh. but over time it became more obvious that my teeth were sticking out. and my relatives & mom's friends kept commenting that i should get them...sooooo i was like okay maybe i need them after all. so after much trouble & stress in dealing with Kingston's lousy wols ortho/dentist offices, here they are. whoopee.
never mind, i shall take comfort in the fact that Niki didn't get braces till she was 20 either, & she's beauuuuuutifullll now (of course that is prolly cos she's a celebrity -.-). but still. she said no boys were attracted to her before she got braces LOL. i am a boy-repeller! XD
_toasterhead's new dental rules:
>> brush after every meal if possible
>> floss regularly (i haven't at all cos it's so troublesome & i'm lazyyy)
>> swish with listerine periodically (to prevent cankersores, ouch)
>> drink milk (strong teeth, yaye!)
>> stop poking braces with hands/tongue
>> keep a picture log of how teeth move to celebrate decreasing oogliness
>> continue to smile bigly in pictures :D
>> wait patiently for 2+ years for braces to come off, then proceed to attract lots of boys XD (oh, & maybe grow a sexy mane ala Sergio in the meantime)
fun, fun, fun.