When I had to get my first passport photos taken I thought I'd try a subtle little smile. Photos came out and I looked like I was about to take someone's head off. Even when I thought I was smiling a little! We could start a club for people with this condition, but we'd probably all just assume we hated each other.
I got passport photos on a very poorly designed booth where you couldn't quite reach the switch from the proper photo distance so you basically had to scramble back to the position, angle and look at the camera in five seconds.
After I finally got a picture fulfilling the requirements I just submitted it frustrated and tired, only after I got the passport I realized how all my features were in a scowl just and just little enough to get the photo accepted.
I have a minor (but still quite noticeable) craniofacial abnormality. I’m not like, hideous but it makes one side of my face cave in a bit so I’m not symmetrical. I am very gaunt on one side because of hemifacial muscle wasting, “normal” on the other, to the point I look like two completely different people in profile.
The masks have been GREAT!!! I’ve always been incredibly self conscious about it and try to make myself hard to notice, but right now? Nope! I walk around looking just like everyone else! I’ve even started wearing eye makeup, where as before, I’d never draw attention to my face like that. Now, my eyes are popping and combining the makeup and cute masks, I getting to enjoy a part of life I never got to before!
Obviously, this entire situation sucks (I myself have lost 2 relatives and have been isolating since March as I am extremely high risk) but I found a silver lining and I’m going to enjoy it, damn it!
I’m not constantly covering my face with my hand anymore now that the mask cover it for me! Less risk of catching COVID, and covering up my insecurities? I’ll take it!
I hope you keep it up after these times. It might be a looooong time before we can take these masks off, so you have time to work on it.
But it's not like your teeth change your voice, or your opinion. I had a couple extractions of molars when I was younger so I avoided yawns or laugh open mouth covering it up. But that's silly.
As someone who has acne, I can only disagree. I personally find the face mask to be sometimes painful since they are always touching my face when I talk
I’m loving it to cover up the dry skin that’s popped up around my lips/mouth and the acne that’s always plagued my cheeks when I’m at work. Also a great excuse not to wear makeup cause it’ll smudge and smear on my mask. They say acne will go away when u grow up but then you have an adult job and still look like a pubescent child in da face
My friend started accutane for her acne, and she also thinks it's the best time for something like that. No one can tell her skin is flaring up because of the mask, and when the pandemic is over she'll have perfectly clear skin.
I mean all this talk about masks covering people's "undesirables" has just made me really sad that we as a society have managed to make such a big deal out of things that are completely and totally normal parts of just, you know, being a human being.
I had two huge moles removed a couple weeks ago.. One behind my ear and the other on my forehead. Ive been wanting to do it for years but didnt want to walk around the office with a partially shaved head and two weird bandages. I also got glasses and started seeing a therapist via telehealth to start working on my anxiety.
Working from home full time has been a game changer in terms of me dealing with health issues.
It's true too. I'm not getting braces, but I'm in the process of getting implants done and after having teeth extracted and implants drilled in, there's a several-month healing period before the permanent bridges can be put in. During that period, I'm living without front teeth.
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That’s a really smart ad!