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Hi! You know, I was amazed to realize one day, when I was visiting my mother and I saw
a picture of myself from six years ago, when I was 18 that is, and I realized that my teeth
are so different from what they used to be from when I was 18 . Mainly because this tooth
over here, is a bit of a rogue, and it's moved around quite a bit in the last few years.
But for some reason I just haven't noticed it before. It actually took me... I had to
see that picture to actually realize it. And when I did realize that, you know, my teeth
are still moving even though I am 24 years old at the moment, so I am an adult, that
was a bit of a shock. Especially because in my family everyone has the same problem, like
we have over-crowded teeth and that causes a lot of problems, like for instance, I grind
my teeth a lot when I sleep. I have migraines like every month because of it, and, you know,
my shoulders are always....you know, hurting and so on. So I started like Googleing around
the Internet and seeing what options do I have regarding my teeth, because, well originally
I wasn't actually really considering braces. Originally I was just thinking that maybe
I just need to whiten my teeth, which is kind of, you know, I think I already do have quite
white teeth even though I've never whitened them, but I do try to take care of them. But
I just realized it's not about the whiteness, it's just that they have changed. The alignment
is bad and because I grind my teeth which makes it worse, and I have some wisdom teeth
that I haven't removed in time and that has made the situation a lot worse. So, I found
this treatment called Inman Aligner, and I was very hopeful about it. For those of you
who don't know what it is, it's actually a procedure that's supposedly very quick. It's
supposed to only take like 3-6 months to straighten out your front teeth, but I went to the consultation
and unfortunately that procedure was not for me. Because my lower teeth are way too ***
up, pretty much, you need to have, like, your teeth need to be ... like there can't be too
much over-crowding going on, because otherwise they will just... they won't really do anything
because there's no room for the teeth to shift anywhere. And in my case I should get a tooth
removed, well, actually I should get three teeth removed: I need to get rid of my wisdom
teeth, which will happen next Friday, and then later on, after I've had traditional
braces here on my upper teeth, I'm going to get them installed to the lower teeth, and
first I need to get rid of this tooth here, you know, the one that is actually a bit crooked
inwards. So yeah, I'm going to be ending this year with gaps in my teeth, I'm going to have
braces... luckily they will be clear braces so they shouldn't be that visible but I am
still quite worried about it, I'm not looking forward to... because I haven't really told
a lot of people about it and I'm a bit worried about what people are going to be thinking
and what they are, you know if they are just going to ... I don't know, like actually i
don't really know what I'm expecting, maybe I just think that they will, you know, not
take me seriously enough. Or if it affects my, you now, my chances of succeeding professionally,
at work, and I'm also a bit worried about bullying. Even though it sounds really stupid
at this age, but actually I've noticed that when I was young I was never bullied, not
once, maybe because people just they could sort of see that I don't give a ***, because
I had like purple-red hair, short, purple-red hair, I had acne, I wore really really stupid
clothes and really stupid make-up. I once went to school with a belt for a scarf. So
that should tell you something. Anyway, but once I got older I started realizing that
actually people bully each other a lot in the adult world, like, at work and at University
when you're doing group projects, people do bully you. But it's just different, it's more
like this viper-ish "let's talk about you behind your back"- type of bullying, rather
than this bullying that people might think, like pushing you around or completely excluding
you from a group. It's not really like that. More subtle these days. Anyway, back to braces,
so. I don't have braces yet, as you have probably already noticed, but I will have them in 2
weeks. And first, I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed, so I'm going to have like really
chubby, horrible cheeks. After that I'm going to get braces on my upper teeth, and after
about one or two months I will get rid of that one rogue tooth and get braces on my
lower teeth as well. And I would be very interested to hear your experiences on adult braces,
mostly about how people have been, if people have been, you know, acting differently around
you. Or if it's affected anything else. One thing that I was thinking about is that I
have a boyfriend, but if I were single, it would probably be so much harder to get braces
because I would probably feel way less attractive, to be honest. And I would probably also also
be a bit shyer because I don't really know if I will be smiling a lot, because these
days I am smiling a lot, because teeth are actually quite a big part of my personality.
And it sucks to feel like I'm losing that, you know, everyone says you should still continue
to smile but it just seems very hard because, you know, because obviously you're trying
to do your best to not have people notice your teeth. But we'll see how that goes. Anyway,
I'm trying to think of this year as a sort of inner-growth, because I need to learn not
to give a damn about what people think because on the contrary to what I used to be as a
teenager, these days I do care, because I've just noticed how much it affects you positively,
if you're able to at least maintain a professional-looking image of yourself most of the time. And I
am going to publish one video per week, approximately, regarding my teeth and in between I'll probably
just be ranting about random things. But I am very, like, I would like to document this
phase of my life, because I do think I'm going to change quite a bit, and sort of I am also
hoping that I will, because this would be a very good opportunity for me to actually
cultivate those kinds of sides of me that I have probably been neglecting, such as,
you know, not giving a damn. Also, because, I've already sort of given up, I think my
hair at the moment is horrible, I went to get a haircut a few weeks ago and it's so
bad, like, I have really short hair here now. I used to have long hair. So I'm just like,
the next year is going to be so different from, you now, I guess, what I always thought
I would be doing when I'm 24 or 25. But, at least, I think the prize will be at the end,
so I hope I will have really good teeth when I finally get rid of the braces, you know,
God knows when. Originally, I think, I was supposed to have the braces on my upper teeth
for about half a year... no, sorry, one year, and then,, on my lower teeth for about one
and a half years. And we'll just see how it goes because I have no clue, and I don't know
if the orthodontist actually can tell that just based on the consultation alone. But
we'll see how it goes and I will keep you updated, and I will actually, my next update
is going to be with my chubby cheeks after I've gotten rid of those wisdom teeth and
I will also keep be posting every Euro that I've spent on my teeth just to give you an
impression on how expensive it will be. But, you know, see you later, I'll keep you posted.
Goodbye!