When did you discover your face was "off"?

[earl25]

For me it was when I got contact lenses, or at least that when I officially knew. I still remember before getting them how excited I was. I always wore glasses and was always called nerd etc. This was going to solve it......HA omg. I still remember  the optometrist giving me the mirror after I put them in. I remember thinking wtf, this isn't supposed to happen. this isn't right.  I didn't know what was wrong at the time but I knew I just looked different and not in a good way. For the next few weeks I spent hours in front of the mirror. Eventually I decided to go out with my contacts. People responses ranged from literally laughing in my face, not being able to look me in the eye  etc.....

[overbiter]

For me it was more a slow process of personal discovery through my teenage years. Ending in crippling anxiety about my physical appearance.

[jusken]

For me it was more a slow process of personal discovery through my teenage years. Ending in crippling anxiety about my physical appearance.

^Very much this for me.  I remember getting hair cuts was always a high anxiety event for me - and I started this discovery by blaming the hair stylist or the type of haircut I chose in my young teenage years.  Then I just started looking at other people and wondering how they were different than me.  Almost a decade of this and I finally had it down to a science - hard to believe it took that long.

[earl25]

^Very much this for me.  I remember getting hair cuts was always a high anxiety event for me - and I started this discovery by blaming the hair stylist or the type of haircut I chose in my young teenage years.  Then I just started looking at other people and wondering how they were different than me.  Almost a decade of this and I finally had it down to a science - hard to believe it took that long.

I hear. I cant believe how f^^cking dub I was. people weren't walking up to me and caling me ugly for their health

[Cmonster]

Hmmm probably around age 9/10 when they slapped me with headgear to slow down my upper jaw.

[Alue]

Hmmm probably around age 9/10 when they slapped me with headgear to slow down my upper jaw.

Me too. 

[QueenB]

Saw myself in a few videos.