When I was younger it was not a great experience to have braces in school. The kids would tease you and call you all sorts of names. I needed braces, but I refused to have them put on. So I waited until I was an adult to have my braces. By this time there were so many people in braces it actually didn't matter one way or the other. In one way I was happy I didn't have this done when I was young.
At first, it wasn't so easy to have braces on my teeth and the first week was the worse. They put on the brackets but left the wires off so I had a chance to get used to the brackets. This was very painful and it cut the sides of my mouth and made it very difficult to eat the first few days.
Once the wires and bands were put on this was easier and less painful. Now they install the brackets, wires, and bands all at once. The first few days after having the wires put on my teeth were sore and it wasn't so much fun to eat. Each time you needed to go back in and the wires changed your teeth would be sore for a few days afterward. All in all, you got used to this and understood after your wires were changed, you'd better hurry up and eat before your teeth were sore and it hurt to eat.
There were two reasons why I feared having braces. The first was the pain it might cause and the second was the fear of having metal stuck on my teeth. I badly needed an orthodontic treatment but kept running away from it up to the age of 20 years. It was when I started realizing that my crooked teeth made me look ugly, I decided to go ahead with it.