Brace Face McGee

My obsession with being as close to perfect looking as possible has officially taken over and I gave in...yes thats right, I gave in to braces. I look even more like a 16 year old now, yay-NOT. barf. So Ill have them for at least a yr...and could be up to a year and a half or two depending on surgery. I have been having joint problems on the right side of my mouth that have been driving me nuts and I also have a slight "type A" underbite. So...Ill have the braces to straighten my teeth out and then either one or two things will happen. I will either be getting surgery A-which is called a mentoplasty. its a chin surgery where they literally like, shave off part of your chin bone. That will then, along with the braces hopefully align the teeth properly and make my jaw line softer. Or I will B-get the o so dreaded jaw surgery. That surgery would literally break my jaw and the surgeon would be shaving the ends of the bottom jaw bone, to push the bottom jaw back and then along with braces will be lining my teeth back up and correcting my bite. I am meeting with 2 different surgeons about both operations and am truly hoping I will be eligible for the chin surgery. The main difference is that the chin surgery does not change your actual bite and does not change the shape of your face, and it is also cheaper and the healing proccess is usually only 7-10 days. The jaw surgery would reshape my whole face, would make me keep the braces on longer, can take up to 3 weeks to properly heal and Id be on a liquid diet that whole time. My old roommate had it done and she lost like almost 20 pds in 3 weeks, I cannot afford 20 pounds unless I want to be a spokesperson for the National Anorexics Association of America..which I do not want to be btw. Its not the look of the braces so much that is bothering me, because as you can see, in pictures they are not that noticeable but the talking with braces that is getting at me. I can feel my lips are like, pushed out and I can def tell a difference in how I sound. I just got the braces on today though so Im hoping in a few days Ill be a lot more used to it. Im also nervous about making out with Dan LOL. I know I kissed boys with braces before and I dont remember it being a bad experience but Im a little worried lol. My plan is to tell him we need to practice making out so I can make sure everything is ok lol :o) <---This is what Im hoping to have in just a year!!