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by nybizzle
Sat May 20, 2017 11:59 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!

I'm nearing the end of my sentence, the only thing I'm really annoyed with is how 1 bracket has started to pop off and has popped off 4 times now; that and how much pain this one sharp end of wire is (I'm going to the Ortho tomorrow). As others have said, nobody really cares if somebody they don't ...
by nybizzle
Sat May 20, 2017 11:58 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!

But to be honest they cost as much as a bloody designer hand-bag, so may as well show them off!? LOL! This is awesome. And true. How many people spend tens of thousands of dollars improving other parts of their body without a second thought, and yet so many people with braces feel embarassed or sel...
by nybizzle
Sat May 20, 2017 11:57 am
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: My Innovation journey, age 25
Replies: 20
Views: 3334

Re: After 6 week adjustment

[quote="str8k8"]http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7602/C3PMTx.jpg[/quote]

Wow! Big changes in just 7 weeks! Do you have ceramic on the bottom too?
by nybizzle
Thu May 18, 2017 6:53 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: 1st post!
Replies: 48
Views: 8508

Re: 1st post!

Do you colored elastics at the bottom? Or just the silver ones?
by nybizzle
Thu May 18, 2017 2:19 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?
Replies: 1108
Views: 241512

Re: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?

I'm 25 and I just got mine on last Monday
by nybizzle
Thu May 18, 2017 2:17 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: They're going on in two days!
Replies: 7
Views: 1278

Re: They're going on in two days!

[quote="strinder"][quote="nybizzle"]Hi! I'm new to this forum as well. I just got braces last Monday. Let me know how yours goes![/quote] I'll definitely keep you updated. What are you getting braces for? How long have they said you'll have them on for?[/quote] I have a crossbite...
by nybizzle
Thu May 18, 2017 10:32 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!

[quote="littlenatter"][quote="nybizzle"]Thanks so much for your replies everyone! I'm so glad this forum exists![/quote] Had my top Damon brace yesterday, bottom will be metal which will be put on in 6 weeks. I'm quite glad it was staggered I think all in one would of been diffic...
by nybizzle
Wed May 17, 2017 1:39 pm
Forum: Our Braces Stories
Topic: They're going on in two days!
Replies: 7
Views: 1278

Re: They're going on in two days!

Hi! I'm new to this forum as well. I just got braces last Monday. Let me know how yours goes!
by nybizzle
Wed May 17, 2017 11:55 am
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Re: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!

[quote="littlenatter"]I am due to get mine on later on today, I am petrified. I am 28 years old so I'm also scared I am going to feel really self-conscious, not so much at work more when I do the school run in the mornings! I just keep telling myself that in the end it will be worth it and...
by nybizzle
Tue May 16, 2017 8:43 pm
Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
Topic: Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Feeling a bit self-conscious...just got braces last week. Need some encouragement! Please!

I'm 25 years old. I've always wanted orthodontic treatment but my parents always said it was too expensive. I went to a orthodontic consultation last year and the orthodontist said I was a candidate for both Invisalign and traditional metal braces. I was initially very excited to get Invisalign. Thi...