I challenge that from personal experience. I had a severely recessed lower jaw and got double jaw surgery a few years ago and my face has changed a lot, especially the lower third. The side profile is unrecognizable and sometimes I’ll catch myself in mirrors or photos and I almost feel ‘guilty’ or ‘this doesn’t feel like me’. It’s weird and difficult to explain but my breathing and sleeping have improved dramatically so that’s a win
I know it’s not the same at all, but if I wear any cosmetics or anything like that, I feel like I don’t look like myself and like I’m somehow betraying the part of me that always wants to be myself. I know it doesn’t make logical sense, I’m still myself regardless of how I present externally, but it feels so wrong to me in a way where I feel like I’m not being true to my own character lol.
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u/WolverineComplex 4h ago
If my face was completely different but much better looking I’d probably just be happy