AxelFox Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I'm in my late 20s and my teeth have been always been ever so slightly misaligned for as long as I remember. It never bothered me as my smile was still straight for the most part but in recent times I've become more self conscious about it and decided to get braces. I've heard good stories from all my friends who have had braces, even as adults and so I went ahead and saw an orthodontist. She said it's nothing too bad and I will have to wear braces for a year up to a year and a half, but that I will have to remove my wisdom teeth for it to allow my other teeth to move, to which I agreed not knowing better. I've had all 4 of them removed, despite never having any issues with any of them. It's been 4 months since then and 3 with the braces and just recently I realized that my face has changed for the worst and my facial structure has basically been destroyed permanently. My jawlines is nowhere as pronounced, I lost volume in the mid and lower face making it appear longer, and my cheeks have sunken. I have an oval face shape now compared to the more square, defined and masculine head I had prior to that. From the research that I've done this past week it seems like this is quite common and the damage is irreversible. My only option is to either get jaw surgery or get fillers for the rest of my life. I have so much regret that i ever agreed to have my teeth taken out now and that I didn't do more research before doing this whole thing, and it's causing me a lot of issues with my self confidence. Has this happened to anybody else as well? How did you deal with it, what were the options that were given to you?
NEX Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Don't your teeth go back to normal if you don't wear a retainer after taking off the braces? Your face will go back to normal if you take them out I suppose
AxelFox Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 4 minutes ago, LadyDiana said: We need pic to judge it properly Hell why not Left is now which was taken in April, almost a month after the final extraction and a month of braces. Right is about a year ago. Spoiler 2 minutes ago, NEX said: Don't your teeth go back to normal if you don't wear a retainer after taking off the braces? Your face will go back to normal if you take them out I suppose That's not gonna build bone structure back sadly. The shrinkage was caused by the extractions, not by my teeth moving necesarily. 7
Goaty Posted June 3 Posted June 3 1 minute ago, AxelFox said: Hell why not Left is now which was taken in April, almost a month after the final extraction and a month of braces. Right is about a year ago. Hide contents That's not gonna build bone structure back sadly. The shrinkage was caused by the extractions, not by my teeth moving necesarily. I can see a small change in jaw width between the two pictures. Has anyone who sees you on a regular basis said anything? Truth be told, if you hadn't pointed this out I'm not sure I would have even noticed the difference. 3 1
Mitsouko Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Babe you look the same and still hot af. Slight difference, likely only noticeable to yourself. For sure nothing was ruined. 8
illia Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Isn't that how a "healthy" jaw looks like? Maybe you're not used to it Anyway you look absolutely fine, no one would even notice
glitch Posted June 3 Posted June 3 1 minute ago, AxelFox said: Hell why not Left is now which was taken in April, almost a month after the final extraction and a month of braces. Right is about a year ago. Reveal hidden contents That's not gonna build bone structure back sadly. The shrinkage was caused by the extractions, not by my teeth moving necesarily. I think it's super obvious to you because you see your face in the mirror every day, but honestly I can't see a massive difference between these two pics. 3 2
May Posted June 3 Posted June 3 5 minutes ago, AxelFox said: Hell why not Left is now which was taken in April, almost a month after the final extraction and a month of braces. Right is about a year ago. Reveal hidden contents That's not gonna build bone structure back sadly. The shrinkage was caused by the extractions, not by my teeth moving necesarily. I honestly cant see much of a difference at all, if anything I'd say that the very tiny difference I can make out could even just be down to ageing slightly
Littlejfrey Posted June 3 Posted June 3 No offense, but you look the same to me. Maybe a little bit more thin? But that's it. It's crazy to me how we are so critic to ourselves on things that the rest of the people don't even care (myself included) 3
EtherealCat Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) thats very different lighting and if its a different then maybe different camera focal lengths, you would need to take a picture closer to the conditions of the old one to get a better idea Edited June 3 by EtherealCat
AxelFox Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 6 minutes ago, Goaty said: I can see a small change in jaw width between the two pictures. Has anyone who sees you on a regular basis said anything? Truth be told, if you hadn't pointed this out I'm not sure I would have even noticed the difference. 5 minutes ago, illia said: Isn't that how a "healthy" jaw looks like? Maybe you're not used to it Anyway you look absolutely fine, no one would even notice They haven't said anything but when I asked my friends if they noticed anything different they said that I look like I've lost a bit of weight, which i haven't. I've been in the same weight bracket for a while now. I've had weight fluctuations in the past too and it didn't cause this effect also. 3 minutes ago, May said: I honestly cant see much of a difference at all, if anything I'd say that the very tiny difference I can make out could even just be down to ageing slightly How much can you even age from one year to the next to the point your jaw is now smaller and less pronounced. It's definitely not that.
AxelFox Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 Just now, Pendulum said: try mewing Yeah I read about this quite a bit these past few days but it seems like the effects on grown up adults are minimal, if any. I was in fact keeping my tongue in the wrong position and i've since started placing it at the top of my palate but I'm not putting my hopes on this brining my head shape back.
Delirious Posted June 3 Posted June 3 15 minutes ago, AxelFox said: Hell why not Left is now which was taken in April, almost a month after the final extraction and a month of braces. Right is about a year ago. Hide contents That's not gonna build bone structure back sadly. The shrinkage was caused by the extractions, not by my teeth moving necesarily. girl you still look amazing wtf but imo you literally look the same... plus the lighting is different and you have a stubble
LegaMyth Posted June 3 Posted June 3 My braces actually "slimmed" the area around my mouth, and now my high cheekbones poke out. Looks like I had buccal fat removal (but more natural looking).
May Posted June 3 Posted June 3 5 minutes ago, AxelFox said: How much can you even age from one year to the next to the point your jaw is now smaller and less pronounced. It's definitely not that. trust me, it happens
Goaty Posted June 3 Posted June 3 3 minutes ago, AxelFox said: They haven't said anything but when I asked my friends if they noticed anything different they said that I look like I've lost a bit of weight, which i haven't. I've been in the same weight bracket for a while now. I've had weight fluctuations in the past too and it didn't cause this effect also. Makes sense. Strangers on the internet aren't going to get a good sense of these changes, so I find your friends' comments to be much more important than what anyone on here will say. And ultimately it all comes down to you and how you want to look. If the difference really bothers you, there'd no harm in getting a few opinions from facial plastic surgeons. 1
Loca Posted June 3 Posted June 3 2 minutes ago, Goaty said: If the difference really bothers you, there'd no harm in getting a few opinions from facial plastic surgeons 2
Cain Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I've had all my wisdom teeth removed and I've also had to remove 4 other teeth to get braces Spoiler but I look great 3
glitch Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) I mean this in the nicest possible way but the level of detail you're going into in the analysis of your facial structure doesn't seem healthy. Before you think about doing anything to your face I would recommend speaking to a therapist about your body image and why this is affecting you so much. Edited June 3 by glitch 4
Mitsouko Posted June 3 Posted June 3 @AxelFox honey you may be just a little too eager and trigger-happy with the body modification stuff because based on these photographs there is no need whatsoever to go so far as to "get jaw surgery or get fillers for the rest of [your] life." Trust that if you are unhappy with these barely noticeable changes in the past year, you will never be happy once you start ****ing with your face like that. Talk about irreversible. You still look exactly like you right now even though you may not feel like it. Do not get a Gaga'd Efron'd jaw please I beg of you. 3
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