Petty whine, I know, but I'm curious

July 17, 2005

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:-).

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