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[Darth Hideous]

I've got both and I'm trying to decide which of them I'm going to be pre-occupied with for the next little while. Neither of them I can do much about, acne gets better with treatment but doesn't go away completely; and I can't get braces while I'm still in school because it's too damn expensive. Now, being that I can't multitask too well, I gotta obsess over one and only one. I'm leaning toward the teeth - maybe in my obsessive state I'll rip out the most obviously crooked one and be done with it. Cast your votes now, and make a contribution to my obsessive compulsive disorder!

[Graphite]

acne because my insurance pays for all the medications/perscriptions to help fight it and not for braces.

[Red_Butterfly]

fix your braces - but do something for your acne as well...buy some herbal supplements a(about $10-$20), a *big* green tea bar soap ($8), 100% Tea Tree Oil ($17-$20) that you can dilute for washing and for spot treatment, and a noncomedogenic moisturizer ($7-$20). Not that expensive.

watch what you eat too - you'll probably not be able to eat that much because braces are painful.

[Graphite]

oh and my opinion is to fix your teeth but do some changes to at least better your acne.

[the.ronin]

Dude I had braces for almost 4 fucking years..and trust me, they suck. Most kids don't have them that long but my damn orthodontist was all old fashioned and believed in doing it correct or something like that. Anyway...it can be a long haul.

[angelj]

id say do ur teeth first as this is a problem with a definate "cure"

[ayekyi]

i had bad teeth before and I'm wearing braces now (almost the end of it) and i have to say nice straight teeth makes you look so much better when you smile and kind of changes your face abit, makes you look better. i would get the teeth straight first but ofcourse do something about acne too.

[wednesdays_child]

I had crooked teeth and got the braces. Now my teeth are straight but I'm still plauged with acne, like the rest of us.

[scarred4lyfe]

I'm sorry... but I would rather have crooked teeth...which I do have...but really its buck teeth.... I guess that's the same thing... I wanna get braces...but severe acne with braces...I dont know..I've dealt with enough...deal with you acne first.

[Polka]

I have both, and I'm stuck with both.

i was so preoccupied with my face i neglected my teeth and the rest of my health. thats sucks

[Iarephel]

I have both too, but I'm working on the teeth with invisalign. Personally I'd rather have crooked teeth. At least you can get away sometimes without talking as much and people noticing. And pictures....just don't open your mouth when you smile. Plus you don't have to worry about medications, diet, weather, or even just your boyfriend touching your face!

[Red_Butterfly]

I have both too, but I'm working on the teeth with invisalign.

how much is the invisalign?

[xXillusion]

well my teeth are not perfectly straight because of wisdom teeth! I'm going to have them pulled!
So one wisdom tooth is really croocked (sp?) and recently I've experienced the problems of it! I bit myself and now I have a wound there and can't chew properly... and can't eat, because it hurts so much! That tooth always hitting it so I think it's going to take awhile to heal.
Others started to get croocked too, and my dentist suggested braces, but now way I'm gonna do that! I'm happy with my teeth, other that they are weak and get cavities all the time.
So soon no wisdom teeth, no bad teeth..


hey does anyone know if they really put you to sleep when they pull the wisdom teeth out? I'm scared!

[Darth Hideous]

*sigh* I am currently in dire need of the financial ability to undergo orthodontic treatment. I have to wait till I'm finished school and have a job first (which will be 3 to 4 years more - grad school). The acne goes away as long as I sleep properly (which I can't - insomnia). So I think it's the teeth that are going to piss me off for longer.

^^^ For wisdom teeth they don't actually put you to sleep but they use nitrous oxide which gives you a rather euphoric feeling at first, but you soon lose consciousness. Although I distinctly remember solving a first order linear differential equation the moment I regaind consciousness and I said as much and the dental assistant looked at me funny.

[adultAcne]

I'm not going to contribute to your disorder.

[kathryn]

crooked teeth totally! braces will fix it! there is no know cure for acne!

the effects of crooked teeth aren't permanent either whereas acne scars and red marks are more permanent.

i have reeeeally straight teeth without having a brace. evry1 always comments but i don't see it cause of the shit on my face... lifes a bitch

[nextbigthing]

If you don't do anything about your teeth you'll always have the problem and most likely the chances of acne clearing in time are high but you'll be left with crooked teeth...I had braces for 3 years and think you should defo go for it! It's worth it in the long run.

[Dipthong]

I'd rather have acne than crooked teeth. I noticed I usually look at people's teeth when I talk to them. Teeth can be the most attractive thing about a person's face.

[scarred4lyfe]

I have both too, but I'm working on the teeth with invisalign. Personally I'd rather have crooked teeth. At least you can get away sometimes without talking as much and people noticing. And pictures....just don't open your mouth when you smile. Plus you don't have to worry about medications, diet, weather, or even just your boyfriend touching your face!

How much does invisalign cost? ....I heard it costs alot but exactly how much?