Braces...Ugh

[ilovegaysex]

I know how your feeling! When I got braces when I was 15 it was realy depressing and it made me feel like Frankenstein lol. But eventually you get over it. What really bothered me was the excruciating pain my poor teeth went through. It was like they were being hit with invisible rocks but that too goes away!!

 

[piano1]

Had mine in high school and I'm happy the way my teeth look now. My braces came off just before a month before graduation. Eat healther food instead of snacking on chips and stuff. And don't chew gum. That made my doctor made at me.

 

[buster68]

I've never had braces, thankfully, don't need them. I dated a guy years ago that had braces, and it didn't affect our sexlife one bit, we sucked and fucked each others brains out for a few months...then he moved away.

 

[wally0182]

You look plenty sexy to me! With or without the braces. I bet you will be smoking hot after they come off too!

 

[thisisinteresting]

I had braces. You can eat whatever you want and it does NOT snap the wires. I didn't snap a wire once and I also didn't follow a single word of advice from my orthodontist. I chewed gum, I ate chips, etc. You just have to be careful and well, not a fucking moron. Who chews with the front of their teeth? HONESTLY! I don't get how people break their shit while eating food... I personally chew with the bottom/top surfaces of my teeth, but maybe in the minority?

Things that aren't worth eating though, are sandwiches. Or bread in general. It gets stuck between the brackets of EVERY SINGLE GOD DAMNED ONE. Then you make this nasty slurping sound trying to suck the pieces of food out from display on the front of your teeth.

I used to have an expander, this thick metal band across the roof of my mouth. Food/saliva used to get in there.. .Sluuurrrrrrpp! Be glad you don't have one of those. Worst experience of my life. First they floss these rubber bands in between your teeth. To those of you who weren't aware, that's a really tender spot, between your teeth. Yeah so for like a week you have those spacers in and you can't anything. Maybe applesauce. I lost like 15 pounds I swear to god you can't fucking eat it makes you want to cry it hurts so bad. Then just as you're about to kill yourself, they make it worse by adding the huge metal band that ruins the next six months of your speaking/eating/sex life.

The coolest part about braces though, is how much you appreciate your teeth when you get them off. And no, not because they're straight or pretty, BECAUSE YOU CAN FUCKING EAT. You really take food for granted until you've had braces.

However, AFAIK you've just got braces. The braces themselves never got in the way of sex or kissing in any way, and a lot of guys think they're cute. The best part is picking the colors/getting them changed, haha. The biggest problem from the braces/brackets themselves, for me, was how much they tore up my cheeks. I mean TORE UP. Dead skin, bleeding, etc. My cheeks were calloused for a while. If you haven't gotten wax from your othodontist, that's about all you can do about it.

 

[way_to_curious]

Braces are way cute!

Sure they look and feel bad now, but it will pass in a week or two. Don't give a second thought about what other people think...no one cares! It is a much bigger deal to you...everyone else has a million other things to worry about.

You will be so very happy you got them. The time will go fast!

And yeah...make sure to use wax as needed. There is no need to be miserable with shredded cheeks. It will pass in a few days.

 

[CanadianGuy]

They can be cute but I really don't care if a guy has them or not. I had them for 2 years and I just ate everything. My brackets were constantly breaking and such... I was a pretty bad boy with my braces.

 

[torontoguy22]

This is why I'm looking into Invisalign . I don't really want metal in my mouth in university. On the bright side, ppl say they're cute and all.

 

[3nipples]

I just got my braces. I'm feeling extremely unattractive and depressed.


While playing PC, watching DVD's, at the movies...I would usually snack on crackers, chips or almonds...I can't have those now because they would break the wires. So, I was wondering...What do you snack on when you have these?


Are you attracted to guys with braces? Are they a turn off? How does it affect Kissing? Sucking? Sex in general?

Get into the habit of NOT snacking. I won't mention ice cream or popsicles because I don't want to see you gain weight.

Whether a guy has braces or not doesn't enter into the equation of whether I find a guy attractive or not. You're the only one bothered by your own braces.

 

[cit2mo]

the pain will pass, give it a few days. In the mean time try some apple sauce and maybe jello. Just be careful of the spoon!

And even with invisalign, just taking them out of your mouth would not (I imagine) remove the pain. IOW, just cause you can take them out to eat, doesn't mean you can be eating ribs right away, your teeth would still be sore throughout the meal, there would just be nothing to get in the way of eating. At least, this is what I've found to be true with my retainers.

Invisalign is okay, but think of it this way: If your teeth hurt you that much when you were trying to sleep (and preventing you from a good nights sleep), and you could take them out, wouldn't you? And yet, if you took it off of your teeth they would never improve, ya know?

I know how you feel though about wanting them off and everything though, it really sucks the first few days, but it does get better. And trust me, it only gets better from here. Even the following adjustments are not as bad as the first few days.

Also, when you're a little more up to it, eat chips by breaking them against the roof of your mouth!

 

[bleedlikeme]

Once you start seeing your teeth straighten you'll be so happy.

I'm so glad I've got braces, my smile is so good now and no one even cares.

 

[way_to_curious]

Invisalign is a bit different in that you suffer for a few days and it just goes away. The shifting happens in the first 4 days. The rest is retention and letting everything harden back up.

I'm not sure that is exactly accurate...teeth move in the same fashion with both devices. Feeling the pressure/shifting with Invisalign is the same with braces...after a few days it is over. I'm sure the Invisalign trays felt pretty strange at first...it just takes a few days/weeks to get use to it. Invisalign as a whole is quite limited in what it can do. If Antares needs more than minor aesthetical corrections, Invisalign most likely would not have been an option. Like others mentioned, the temptation to not wear them as needed is a big drawback, too, unless you have willpower of steel.

As for being hungry...anything soft will do...

Mashed potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash
Cottage cheese
Pudding
Jello
Yogurt
Ice cream
Apple sauce
Smoothies
Shakes
Soup

And by all means, use painkillers if you need to!

 

[codeerror]

Would a picture be too much to ask for at the moment?

 

[codeerror]

Try this...:

Hey! First time i've seen you smile in a picture
They I found myself staring at your eyes in the first picture for like a minute.. beautiful!

Wouldn't say they look bad on you. Besides making you look younger, they're just another feature that will make people notice you. That isn't bad at all!

And you could just walk around naked, and noone would ever notice the braces

 

[sentirpromesas]

i had my braces on for about 4 years....and i had more action then than i do now..

 

[thewiz]

I have a special friend in Toronto that has braces and he is so damn cute and hot with them! He wouldn't smile when I first saw him in his braces; then when I told him how I liked them, he couldn't stop.

I remember no problems with him giving head, fucking, or anything else! I think your braces make you even more cute and when they finish moving your teeth, you'll love your new smile (although it's probably a pain in the ass -- oops, mouth right now).

 

[framacias]

Try this...:

i personally like them.
they really look good on ya.

 

[way_to_curious]

Regular braces they apply 2 months of pressure, invisalign you get 14 days before you swap out aligners. its a big difference.

Not really...I had braces, so I'm speaking from experience. After the first few days after an adjustment, that's it until the next adjustment. The pressure and tenderness does not last the entire 4-8 weeks between adjustments. If anything, you're getting more tenderness and pressure from Invisalign since you swap them out every 2 weeks.

That sucks about the lactose intolerance, Antares. You'll be back to eating solid food in no time.

The only thing I see wrong with your pictures is that you're trying to cover up your braces when you smile. Everyone looks goofy and unnatural when they do that. You look much more natural and at ease in the shot with you showing teeth! You'll be loving your smile - even with braces - once things start to straighten out. The archwire does accentuate the crookedness, but the major misalignment will be much improved in just a couple months.

Mark my word...I bet you'll be singing a different tune 1 month from now

 

[LatinoSTAR]

I Had Them for Three Years.

I ate whatever the fuck i wanted to. and it never caused any damage.

 

[versatastic]

I Had Them for Three Years.

I ate whatever the fuck i wanted to. and it never caused any damage.

Did you try eating corn nuts? My friend ate corn nuts when she had her braces. She was really good about restricting what she ate, but one day she couldnt take it anymore. She deliberately bought a bag of corn nuts from the vending machine. I couldnt stop laughing at her mixed expressions of being pissed off and also enjoying her corn nuts. She ate them one at a time and broke both her jasper jumpers and a few brackets. She fiddled with them with her tongue and just spit them out on the ground! She didnt care cuz she was due for an adjustment the next day. She had to use a shit load of wax afterwards, though. You might not find it that funny, but I just had a good laugh about it. I think you just had to be there and know her personality.