User blog comment:Avaflava1/Sadness/@comment-4759527-20120530004230

I just got my braces off today actually.

Yeah, it's gonna hurt the first week, and when they tighten them at your next appointment it'll hurt for another few days, and when you get elastics? Not fun. Those are the worst part. Then when they take them off, your gums bleed. They have to drill the cement off your teeth, and it just feels funny. They then take pictures of your teeth, and then x-rays, and then impressions of your teeth for a retainer, and you have to pick it up the next day.

That's how it was for me. Not sure about anyone else.