Re: Petty whine, I know, but I'm curious

July 17, 2005

Hi

I think you look great! You can really see a difference pre and post

surgery - you just look so much more comfortable and relaxed now and

that is definately a beautiful trait. For the record, my top gums show

a tiny bit (mostly in that little v-shape at the top between teeth)

I'd never even noticed before I just went and checked for you. (FYI I

have an underbite so my top jaw is also not as far forward as it

should be - I'm not sure how this will effect the gums showing

post-surgery)

As far as I can see from your photo i can't see ANY gum whatsoever in

your post-op pics - really. I think you should be delighted with the

results - they look perfect to me Congrats!

> Hi everyone,

>

> I am becoming self conscious here now that everything is relaxing a

> bit and I can smile and laugh much more. I want to tell myself that

> my concerns are not warranted and I'm just being silly, but I'm not

> so sure. So, here it goes, when I laugh really hard at something, I

> still show about 2 or 3 mm of gum tissue above my front teeth and

> it's really bothering me now. I mean I went through this whole

> ordeal and I figured I could be able to laugh and not show any gum

> tissue. (Naturally it's much less than the 9mm or so that I showed

> before, but still it's bothering me.)

>

> It's so petty and I know that there are people out there alot worse

> off than I am, but right now, I feel like I did this for nothing with

> all of the post-op nose issues and now this. I guess I got my hopes

> up for a perfect result, and it's not what I consider perfect, and

> I'm kinda depressed. Right now, I'm feeling less attractive than I

> did pre-op, which is ridiculous, but it's the way I feel. I don't

> have to be super-model gorgeous (god knows, that's not possible) but

> I would like to be normal for a change. I do have to get a gum lift

> after the braces are off for the lateral teeth and bicuspids, because

> after moving my overjet back with the braces 14mm, I have alot of

> excess gum tissue that makes my teeth look very tiny, so maybe I'll

> be happier then. I will post a pic of my mouth so maybe you guys can

> see what I'm talking about. Everyone with a normal top jaw, can you

> tell me if any gum tissue shows when you laugh? I would love to

> know. I tried asking my hubby, but his doesn't. (and I really

> havent looked at anyone else).

>

> Hope you guys can give me some insight, or at least a bit of

> encouragement:-).

>

July 17, 2005

, I think your pix look great, too! And no, I don't think the

small amount of gumminess you have left is bad at all. Lots of

beautiful women have some gum showing -- in fact, I just watched a PBS

documentary called " Faces " on DVD, and they picked out this girl to be

the next, most beautiful model, and she showed a lot of gum! I'll bet

if you go look at a fashion magazine you will find some more examples.

Your teeth are small (but NOT unattractive), but I'm sure that getting

the braces off and the gum lift will address that nicely. So don't

worry, you look wonderful! Truly.

Luna