Anyone here got braces

I wore them from age 12-15. I wore the elastics and headgear (chin strap) and looked like a space alien for the first two years. It was very [i]uncomfortable[/i] but not painful really. And at age 14 a boy who also had braces kissed me and we got caught for a few moments, which was embarrassing. My teeth had looked like a train wreck previously, so it was worth it when they were straight afterwards. It's not nearly as involved nowadays, though.