Brace yourself

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Heyy,
Welcome back!!

So, what you might read today, might not necessarily apply to if you haven’t had braces but if you want to know about what the procedure is and how it works this is your place.

I got braces in 7th grade. Not gonna lie, it was weird. Well at-least for a few weeks. I was just starting school and 2 days before I had those super painful brackets put on my teeth. They added A-LOT of pressure on my teeth and I had to survive on ‘khichri’ for an entire week!
No, no, I don’t mean to scare you here. It wasn’t THAT terrible.

I had them for two years and to be frank, they were one of my best years. They really suited my face and once I had them off, I cannot emphasize this enough, I looked bad. I looked so bad for a few weeks without them but lucky for me, no one could see it because of my mask :)

I didn’t have a lot of struggle with them. I could have all I wanted without even feeling it. The only thing I had to give up was having gum. Which wasn’t very easy for me given that I LOVE it. Rest of the food items were allowed by my dentist but me being the super clumsy ignorant person I am, I at times had a few hard items which caused my brackets to break :)  Seriously, I had gone to my dentist and within a day I had my wire come out because my bracket broke.
Around two years later, now I’ve had my braces out and have retainers. It is kind of odd because it’s on the inside of your teeth and has a very plastic-y feeling to it but tbh, you won’t feel a thing after a week or two. The bigger struggle for me was putting them on. The first time I wore it at my dentist's clinic, it took me 15 minutes! Mostly because I was afraid it would break so :)I couldn't talk properly for a week because the retainers kept restricting me and generated a lot of saliva.

Moreover, my experience has been lovely! My teeth are so well aligned and I kind of look better because its grown on me.

People who have had braces before drop your experience below! Don’t forget to subscribe and share if you liked it.
Signing off,
Kuhu :)

Comments

  1. SharmisthaAugust 28, 2020 at 6:20 PM

    I had 'bachchpan ka naata' with them..fm class 2..gawd!! ..n I had all weirdos...fm plates,to rubberbands to harness...yes,u read it right..harness!! I looked terrible...but had to wear them...for all those 6yrs. But the best part of it...now when people appreciate my smile!!! Oooo!!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 28, 2020 at 7:15 PM

    Being a person who has had braces... still do, all I can say is - totally relatable! Bruh you are lucky you're on retainers now. I'm still on braces. And believe it or not, the most relatable part if your entire experience is the breaking of braces and wires part. ��. Trust me - I feel you bro!

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    1. Damselz-In-SanityAugust 29, 2020 at 9:17 AM

      Haha..it's really annoying right? Glad you could relate!

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    2. IHateBracesAugust 29, 2020 at 3:38 PM

      Omg so annoying... used to happen with me a lot. Then I stopped eating hard food ��. Hopefully it should be out this year... but I don't know really remember now how I looked without it ��

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    3. Damselz-In-SanityAugust 29, 2020 at 6:45 PM

      Haha 😂 So pleased you could relate!

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  3. aheliAugust 29, 2020 at 3:32 AM

    THIS IS ADORABLE KUHU, absolutely loved reading it!!!! 🥰😍

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