From new guy

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for your responses.

It's really terribly difficult to make a decision regarding whether

or not to do this surgery.

Look at it this way. I'm a guy in his mid-20s, enjoying his youth,

going out, dating, etc. I'll have to sacrifice 2-3 years of the best

time of my life to this immense project. As I get closer to surgery,

I will start looking progressively worse (i.e. teeth realigned), AND

wearing braces before AND after, for months and months.

Even Apart from the weeks or months immediately following surgery, I

will be throwing away 2 years (!) of the best time of my life. Why

throwing away, you ask? Because throughout that long period I won't

be confident enough to go out, meet girls, talk to them, etc. due to

wearing braces and any other hardware.

Now if I had done this at let's say 15-16, maybe the sacrifice and

commitment would have been tolerable. If I was a married 40-year-old

living with wife and children, maybe it wouldn't be that bad. But at

25, when I literally need to " present my best face " to women and

enjoy dating, the personal side of it is extreme. What do you all

say.