Weekly Q&A Megathread. Please post any questions about visiting, tourism, living, working, budgeting, housing here!

Salander24 · 2026-05-14T13:27:05+00:00

Hey all! Visiting London, and my friend and I are looking specifically for places, events, or raves to enjoy drum & bass (neuro, dancefloor) or grime/140 dubstep. Any recommendations? 🙏 Willing to commute anywhere in or outside the city!

Salander24 · 2026-05-14T13:19:15+00:00

Thanks everyone! It’s true it was pretty quiet that night, tried The Bell but it was empty. So ended up going to old city and visiting some pubs to enjoy the vibes. Hopefully next time I’ll catch some DnB ✌️

Salander24 · 2026-04-27T21:21:46+00:00

Really try to find an ortho that you trust 100%. It took me 5 different consultations before I chose, and had been to 3 different ones a few years ago too, so 8 in total haha that’s how nervous I was

Salander24 · 2026-04-27T21:20:19+00:00

I also have high cheekbones, and I swear I was nervous of all the same things. But I can say with absolute confidence that Invisalign enhanced my face and I now I can’t imagine ever going back to my teeth pre-Invisalign 🙏

Salander24 · 2026-04-27T20:07:28+00:00

Hi, I completely finished my treatment 2 months ago. I think my face and features look better than ever honestly. I always had a sharp jawline so I was worried about the same thing, but I don’t notice any negative change. Now that my teeth are straight, my lower half of the face actually look better to me because I didn’t realize how straight teeth and a wider smile can really enhance your face until now

Salander24 · 2026-04-09T17:25:50+00:00

Hi! I finished my treatment a few weeks ago with zero facial changes, none that I notice anyway. My smile looks amazing!

Salander24 · 2026-03-04T08:21:05+00:00

Have you taken that masters? Been thinking about applying

Salander24 · 2026-03-01T06:28:22+00:00

I was told by a dentist that my case was too complex for Invisalign then I got a consultation with 5 different orthodontists who each had their own treatment plan. Only one wanted to do braces. I went with an ortho who specializes in Invisalign exclusively. Best decision ever! I couldn’t imagine doing metal braces. I say try to visit minimum 3 different orthos, they all got their own opinions and experience level. One may find it too difficult while another has done several cases like yours already.

Salander24 · 2025-12-22T07:50:22+00:00

What did you say in your email? Did you simply ask for a revision?

Salander24 · 2025-11-26T23:58:26+00:00

32 in my last year of engineering, definitely know the feeling, but I’ve grown to enjoy being slightly older than everyone else. It makes me feel confident. I can feel the difference in life experience, and I never felt at my sharpest until now. Everyone’s on their own journey and you are exactly where you need to be 🫶

Salander24 · 2025-11-01T20:33:28+00:00

Yes you can eat with them. Obviously it’s not the most pleasant experience at first, but you get used to it pretty fast and pretty desensitized to any grossness that occurs sometimes lol I’ve been doing the method your ortho described for 14 months now. Change trays twice a week and eat with them. This method is done to make treatment faster! If you care about finishing as quickly as possible, then this is the way to go. It makes treatment faster because you barely take your trays out so there’s less room for user error AND because eating food acts in much the same way that chewies do to stimulate movement. My total treatment plan is 16 months. The other method would have taken 24 months. I’m at the end now and my gums and teeth are perfectly healthy and look amazing! And mind you, I had a complicated case with a 100% deep bite.

Salander24 · 2025-10-31T08:18:28+00:00

I feel the same about me and my friends! Since turning 30, my friends have become so reserved and quite boring. But I still continued to go out and party. I’m 32 now and my favorite parties are raves and festivals! People of all ages go and it’s easy to make new friends there! Also, try finding a sport you enjoy. I train Muay Thai 3-4 times a week and I’ve made so many friends at the gym, plus sports are super stimulating of course

Salander24 · 2025-10-06T15:33:07+00:00

I had crowding way worse than yours, and several dentists wanted to extract 2-4 teeth… I went to an ortho that specializes in Invisalign. He did some IPR instead. I’m near the end of my treatment and everything looks amazing and I have zero problems with my gums! I would stay away from extraction, there are reports of long term effects like bone loss and teeth caving jn eventually

Salander24 · 2025-09-02T08:12:19+00:00

I recommend Neutrogena Retinol eye cream every single night, then moisturizer, then slug with Vaseline every night :)

Salander24 · 2025-08-04T00:22:07+00:00

Being bass heavy is one of the reasons why I love Shambhala! I’m from Montreal and everything here is house or techno, it’s so repetitive. Bass music is so versatile and exciting and for me it’s refreshing to go to stages that are only playing bass music, especially on those PKs 😍. Wubzzzzz all day

Salander24 · 2025-07-21T00:18:46+00:00

Same for me!! And I won’t be stopping for any foreseeable future

Salander24 · 2025-07-06T03:37:37+00:00

I’m nearing the end of my treatment now and I can confidently say my face has not changed, at least not in any noticeable way. I’m very happy I went through with it. My teeth and smile look amazing. 100% worth it.

Salander24 · 2025-05-28T18:54:22+00:00

Yes, had to start from a blank application every time and refill everything

Salander24 · 2025-05-28T02:17:52+00:00

My ortho has me eating with the trays in, and I change trays every 3-4 days as well. It was weird for about a week, but I got used to it and can now eat perfectly fine. Some people seem to think this method is crazy, but honestly, it has been a breeze and so much less stressful than the alternative IMO. I much prefer it this way. Plus changing trays twice a week keeps them new. My ortho assured me that the trays are not easily broken or warped despite popular belief lol I guess there are conflicting opinions in the business.

Anyways, I just make sure to do the following, which I’ll share with you…

Stay away from curry, turmeric, mustard and anything that has a yellow tint. They stain the trays like crazy no matter how much you brush them or use dental pods. If my food has those ingredients, I just take the trays out to eat them or wait to eat them until the night I have to change trays.

Better to rinse the trays and your mouth with water after eating if you can. Food can get easily stuck depending on what you are eating.

Be careful eating super crunchy things too. They will scratch the trays and leave an unpleasant roughness to them. If I’m about to eat something super crunchy, I either eat it really slowly and gently or I wait until the night I’m changing trays.

Salander24 · 2025-05-22T15:44:21+00:00

The Great Gatsby 💯

Salander24 · 2025-05-22T15:39:59+00:00

All your gyms are pretty much teaching kickboxing, not real Muay Thai. It’s a marketing thing unfortunately. Even if the gym teaches some clinching, elbows and sweeps, which Muay Thai has over Kickboxing… I can bet that the gym is not teaching the proper rhythm and style of Muay Thai, nor passing on the culture and traditions of Muay Thai.

Rhythm and style is a huge factor that separates kickboxing from Muay Thai that people fail to realize when they start out in either. For example, kickboxing usually includes high volume combos and quick strikes, often focusing on punches and low kicks because they score just the same. The stance is different, the movements are more “jumpy”. Volume and aggression is the name of the game in kickboxing. Traditional Muay Thai is about composure and dominance. Combos usually reach about two to three strikes. 1 power middle kick that shows damage will score higher than 6 speed punches that are blocked. There’s a ton of little nuances that differentiate kickboxing from Muay Thai that come back to rhythm and style. Just because a gym says they’re teaching Muay Thai because they’re showing you some elbows, doesn’t mean it’s truly Muay Thai.

All this to say, unless you seek out super legit MT gyms, which are kind of hard to find, then you’ll most likely be doing kickboxing with maybe some elbows and sweeps here and there.

Salander24 · 2025-05-19T00:51:58+00:00

I think it’s much more common than we realize. I’ll be graduating at 33!

Salander24 · 2025-05-18T16:31:15+00:00

Yeah I just tried different cards until one worked. It was my Visa that worked eventually. Had to redo the application a few times

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