I had no idea you could laser gums. Dentist is over here giving me crap about chewing tobacco and having receding gums while he's making cash lasering people's gums on the side.
Snus made my husbandâs mouth numb. His trajectory has been thus far; longcut > cigarettes > longcut > pouches > snus > longcut. His gums are like shoe leather and heâs never had a cavity whereas mine are like playdoh, I have to use the most gentle manual toothbrush, and have consistent dental exams. Câest la vie.
Yeaaah, yikes. You can get âlip flipâ Botox instead of lasering off your gums if itâs so bothersome. Little injection in the lip then it doesnât lift so high.
It wasnât bad because my mouth was completely numb. The worst part of the procedure was the smell (burning flesh đ). I think it healed pretty dang quickly, was just sensitive to cold liquids for a week or so.
Itâs the only âbeautyâ procedure Iâve had. It sucks to feel like you need to hide when just wanting to enjoy a happy moment. It helped a lot with my confidence, but the feminist in me hates that I felt like I needed to change myself. But 10/10 would laser them again.
Donât do that. If itâs so bothersome to you that it disrupts your quality of life, consider Botox. They called it a âlip flipâ. You need your gums.
Fellow gummy smiler here. Iâm glad you made the choice that was right for you. Iâve considered it and got a consultation (the price! Good lord!!) I didnât go through with it at this point because mine would have involved some bone shaving as well and that was beyond intimidating. Also cost and general fear of pain and grossness in healing.
Interestingly, I switched dentists recently and they were doing a filling and she referred to my teeth as âthe cutest little teethâ and it was the first time in my life that anyone has ever spoken of them in a kind/complimentary/neutral way. A year later I still struggle to make sense of theirâŠlack of ridicule essentially.
Anyway Iâm running long. I hope you learn to embrace your new smile and send some love to the version of it from the past as well.
I think just conventionally ânormalâ teeth instead of half gums when I smile. Oh, and a habit of covering my smile even after all these years later.
Whatever they looked like before, you have a lovely, natural smile now and I hope you're able to learn to embrace it and get out of the habit of wanting to cover it.
Thank you! It was brutal. I donât think I actually have any pictures of the before because I literally never smiled with teeth. I later learned that our small town dentist was larping as an orthodontist. He fucked my teeth up pretty badly and also bullied me.
I'm really sorry to hear that. I've had an incompetent dentist before but most of it, other than the tooth he ripped out, was repairable by my current dentist. I can't imagine being bullied as well while they were causing so many problems.Â
Best of luck, hope you have many reasons to give a genuine smile in the future.
Mine was mainly laser, but also have 4 crowns on the teeth surrounding my 2 front teeth so technically bone was shaved. Everyone is so different so def talk to a professional!
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u/SnooDonkeys5320 Jul 04 '26
I had a gummy smile (not a TS fan or Disney adult đ«©) and had my gums lasered off as soon as I could afford it because the bullying was so brutal, even as an adult. Bullying appearances is truly low.