Discuss life after braces and in retainers.
Yeah, it's dampened my mood a bit... I've been on holiday with my family, and they commented on how my face seemed disproportionately swollen. I had felt a little pain, but I assumed this was still normal in the first year after surgery. However, I had a dentist appointment today and thought I'd better say something. So I told him I've been experiencing a few pains and he asked me whether it hurt as he was examining it. It didn't really so I said no. He had a poke around ...
Here are some photos of me... well, its me.jpg This one was taken before I started any treatment, in february 2008, age 14. PICT0107.jpg This was before my second jaw surgery, august 2011 PIC_2970.JPG This is what my smile looks like now, after two lots of surgery and over two and a half years of braces PIC_2963.JPG This is me in January 2012 I'm lovin' the results!