Nothing but the tooth

[j4]

I've realised that a lot of the reason I'm unhappy with the way my face looks is that half-length tooth that I have. People have told me in the past that it's cute, and I used to think that it gave my face "character", but the more I see it in photos the more I think it just looks stupid. So, should I get it fixed? (Getting it fixed would probably be expensive and might be painful.)

[Poll #134798]

Comments

[lnr]

I think getting it fixed *might* make you feel happier about your appearance, but I can't be sure: you might just find other things that bug you instead. It's well worth finding out how expensive it would be though. Not feeling self-conscious about my weight any more has definitely done good things for my self esteem, even if it's not a cure for everything.

[j4.livejournal.com]

you might just find other things that bug you instead

Yeah. That's what I'm afraid of. I don't want to end up addicted to fixing things. And ... (I've only just realised this is buried in my head, so apologies if it comes out all weird) I think I'll feel like a failure if I have to get physical things fixed in order to feel happy about myself as a person. Because I don't think the physical stuff should be that important. Which makes it a bit self-defeating really if making myself happy about my looks will just make me feel bad for caring about my looks.

Does that make any sense?

[lnr]

Makes a *lot* of sense, and I do know how you feel. Felt a bit the same about the weight in a lot of ways: shouldn't *have* to be thin to be happy with myself. And I do worry that I've become more vain as a result.