Browsing through old photos of your younger years can really be therapeutic. I have just unearthed a few High School memorabilia of me and hubby and it’s just amusing to see how innocent looking we were then on pictures. (Hubby and I were High School classmates, by the way). Hubby almost gave me a slight whack on the head because I kept on chuckling over his so “childlike” looks – skinny, dark and sporting a crew cut hair as a requirement for our Citizen’s Army Training (CAT) curriculum. He laughed at my photos in return – petite, scrawny, and goofy looking because of my braces.
Oh those braces…it really brings back a lot of memories. I used to wear braces for quite a period of time to correct the spacing of my overlapping teeth. Back then, for some reason, wearing braces and retainers was a cool thing among teenagers. It was more of like a status symbol and just like when pagers and cellphones were introduced, braces became an instant fad. As for me who was forced to wear because of a genetic teeth malformation (my 2 siblings also wore braces), I didn’t find it cool. It was a torture especially when my orthodontist attached the brackets for the first time and every time she adjusts them on a monthly basis. She gave me the freedom to choose whatever rubber color she’d put on the brackets so as the season and holiday changes, so does the color of my braces, too. Every December, I had it in green and red, alternate. For the Halloween, it was in black and orange. Just a lighter way of exhausting out the pain. I had a huge relief when my teeth aligned very well and she finally removed my braces. I also wore retainers briefly then had a permanent retention behind my lower teeth. Too bad, my orthodontist migrated already abroad. I’m not sure where in the US she’s based now but I’m sure she’s doing great..at par even with the best San Diego orthodontics in Cali. The Irresistible Smiles orthodontist are all great at providing orthodontic services. They also perform various dental procedures, surgeries and implant services.
Anyway, back to the pictures, it’s also amazing to realize how we transformed over the years. We’ll surely keep these and treasure very well so that my 19 month old son will have something to chuckle over too in the future.
Meanwhile, if you’d like to see my goofy photo…hmmm, I’ll think it over first if I’ll post it online. 
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