Tell me about it - I was exceptionally lucky. I even got my own private room in the hospital and my own nurse. Couldn't have asked for more and I would have been happy with less!
I think because my self esteem was so so low, especially through my mid teens, that they thought surgery would be the only satisfactory solution for me. I would walk around and talk with my hand covering my mouth trying to hide it. Plus my front tooth is damaged because I fell off a bike when I was young, so it's yellow-ey compared to the others and they thought that I wouldnt be so self-conscious about it if i could close my mouth.
I know it seems silly, considering I don't look massively different, but I feel so much better in myself. My friends are all beautiful girls and I used to think I stood out as the 'ugly one' and I used to dread going to public places with them. I never used to wear lipstick because my front teeth rested on my lip - now I wear lipstick 24/7 and I love it. Plus (and this sounds so narcissistic so I apologise) I get so much more attention when I'm on a night out or when I walk down the street. That sounds so self-absorbed and i'm cringing that I have admitted that... but I do think I look better.
