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23 Pictures That Will Send Chills Down Your Spine If You Had Braces

I AM A HUMAN NOT A FISH.

1. The awful, awful goop:

2. And choking on that awful goop while the orthodontist shoved it in your mouth:

3. Just awful.

4. Not to mention sitting there looking like a dang science experiment beforehand:

5. Which is almost as bad as having to wear those tiny, awful SpaghettiOs every single day:

6. ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

7. And don't get me started on smiling like this every time someone took a picture:

8. "CHEESE!"

9. Not to mention having to get a new toothbrush every two weeks:

10. But the worst is when you felt like you'd been hooked all the time:

11. I mean, it was the worst:

12. THE WORST:

13. And don't even get me started on this fake-ass wax:

14. It's almost as bad as the pain after you got them tightened:

15. Smiling through the pain:

16. And then trying to eat the day you get them tightened? That should be an Olympic sport:

17. And making fun of people who just got them tightened should be a criminal offense:

18. But the worst? Literally just getting tapped lightly in the face and bleeding everywhere:

19. Oh, and these monstrosities:

20. But nothing's worse than being told "only a few more months":

21. And being told to pick a new color, AS IF THAT HELPS:

22. It's been so long...

23. Only to have to immediately start wearing this after getting them off: