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    Sukie in the Graveyard: switching from glasses to contacts in 8th grade literally saved my life. there was no coincidence that the most depressed point in my life occurred wh... more »
    aspiringexpatriate: I switched from glasses to contacts basically when my family moved, and I switched schools. So there wasn't a hugely noticeable change in my self-conf... more »
    RisaPlata: A note on invisible braces: I'm assuming you don't mean Invisalign, because those didn't exist when we were teenagers. My parents waited until I was 1... more »
    fol_de_rol: I'm with Margaret. Getting contacts was a huge deal for me, but I still had braces and YEARS of bad skin ahead of me and I was still a huge dork. It w... more »
    blueberrypancake: Re: the girl who had liposuction. Normally I am against, until your body is totally done growing and you're out of adolescence, but 7 lbs of fat remov... more »
    Eric Northman is mine: I think people often overestimate how confident they'll feel/how great things will be once (insert flaw) is fixed. In many instances, fixing whatever ... more »
    Wit is periodically disensouled: Contacts were well-night miraculous to me. I've truly terrible vision - the worst any of my eye doctors have seen that is still correctable - so my g... more »
    Triphena: I had always wanted a nose job and then a girl in my school got one and they completely fucked her nose up. That pretty much cured me of wanting to s... more »
    Sister Toldja: Interesting. Will I be a bad mother if I let my daughter start getting her eyebrows plucked at 12 if they are really furry? I look back at some of my ... more »
    KellyKapowski: Am I the only one on this thread that desperatly wanted to wear glasses and braces as a kid??? I thought so. The most popular girl in school has brace... more »
    linnyt is a walking cliché: Before I had braces I was really self-conscious about my teeth. They were very, very crooked. Lots of people had braces so I didn't really feel too aw... more »
    gherkinfiend: @wordinedgewise: I see your point, but not all braces are fitted for cosmetic or beauty reasons. I had mine so I could close my mouth and allow my wis... more »
    Ratinski: I got glasses in the seventh grade, and I wanted them desperately. Lisa Loeb was on the radio, and glasses were having a rare trendy moment - there w... more »
    Jeenzy: Palate expanders. And that thing that pushes your jaw forward (I called it a plastic jolly rancher). Oh, I've been there. Also, it's kinda funny how ... more »
    stealthird: When I was in sixth grade, I started getting teased for having a "moustache"--for having tiny, insidious little black hairs that sprout from my upper ... more »
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