(I'm not sure if this is the right area to put this so please lmk if there's somewhere else it should go)
I'm at the end of year 11 and I've been told that I'm going to need permanent braces to correct an overbite and some crooked teeth (I'm a fair bit older than people usually are when they get braces). I'm obviously a bit bummed out and I've been wondering how it will affect social life/ making friends in sixth form and elsewhere as well as getting/working part time jobs (I already work in a cafe where appearance is fairly important). All the other articles I have read online have been written by orthodontists (who obviously have a conflict of interest lol) so please be brutally honest so I know what I'm in for.