Meanwhile, I’ve waited 10 years for this…

With all the holiday buzz going around, I neglected to mention my own present for Christmas. Something that meant a lot to me.

10 years ago, the constantly outdoor kid that I was; I made the mistake of falling head first over a pair of handlebars onto the hot Florida pavement while attempting a move on a ‘trick bike’ (I think BMX was the culprit). Balance was not on my side. I must have had pretty strong teeth because I succeeded in only chipping one, albeit right past the enamel portion. Which meant ‘extreme sensitivity.’

For several years, I wavered in and out of whether I should get it fix…and how. But suggestions to get it fixed would appear at the most surprising times and leave me feeling like crap for hours, sometimes even days on end. Having visited 4 different dentists over the years, I finally settled on one literally less than a football field a way from my front door here in Denver. They understood that it wasn’t simply a cosmetic fix, but a lifestyle fix. With that, I was given the opportunity to pay my way through the procedure as it was done.

Well, 3 weeks ago I went in to try them on. Initially I wasn’t happy with the turn out (of course it’s not rare that most dental procedures involve atleast 2 ‘endings’). However, a week later I went back to try them on re-shaped, and lightened to the shade of my natural teeth (I’ve only used 1 whitening treatment in my whole life, and Crest professional effects for $49 put me on the lightest shade the dental office had available and I did that back in August!)

The results were amazing. Something that had challenged my self-esteem on and off for many years had finally ended. Truth be told, there are mornings I wake up forgetting they were done. In addition, last night I had a nightmare that I was back at the dentist getting the teeth worked on and they screwed them up! So it’s certainly something that has life altering effects and I’m still paranoid about ever breaking them again (then again, how many times in a lifetime do you chip your front pearly Whites?)

Although I couldn’t find a single close-up self-taken photo to look halfway decent, I have an upcoming shoot in the next week that will unleash my new look. But in the meantime, I provided a sneak preview after practice shaving in the bathroom for this next photo shoot.

What do you think of the way I trimmed my hair? Does it look natural or cool?

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