Every day I thank my lucky stars I didn't remember to wear my retainer after I got my braces off, lol... the straightness of my teeth as a teenager was really creepy, and the natural crookedness they've sorta gotten back since then is actually kinda cute
But yeah, like... There's something about her face when she smiles now where she looks like she has a mask on. I think it's how the wrinkles are on either side of her mouth - it's bunching up a bit differently, which makes it seem as though botox or some other kind of filler is happening.
Do I think this is a bad thing, do I judge her for it? Hell no. Most of her smiles still light up her whole face & look very natural, and she looks genuinely happy when she laughs hysterically or has a giggle fit. And I truthfully don't know a single woman who hasn't had some sort of procedure done for beautification purposes - from laser hair removal to collagen lip fills to botox injections to breast augmentation or reduction, I know women who've had all kinds of procedures done that weren't medically necessary... but that didn't change the fact that they were awesome women regardless.
The fact is, there is a ton of pressure on us to look a certain way. We can scream until the cows come home that it SHOULDN'T be that way, but that is the way it is, so I find it hard to judge any woman for a procedure she might get done - especially since the women I know who've had these things done are all fantastic, strong, and hard-working artists, mothers, friends, and managers. It's DEFINITELY sad that a working mother who manages a department at a fortune 500 company should feel insecure about something as trivial as a wrinkle on her brow line or an uneven chest, but if she can afford to get it fixed, why shouldn't she?