How could I (23F) tell future partners that I have permanent dental implants without feeling embarrassed?

Please don't downvote me I really want to read comment to help me know how.

Well, I don't actually have them but I plan on having them because I don't think my teeth have a solution. I have suffered from bulimia and anorexia from the age of 10 until about 21 (I'm 23F now) and to be honest I am still recovering. And part of this process is learning to accept and love myself as I am but I can't love myself seeing how those eating disorders ruined my dental health. My teeth aren't rotten or anything but they don't look like pretty at all, I don't know how to explain it, they're also really sensitive and there's nothing I can do about it just wait for them to fall out. And as if that were not enough, my gums are damaged and they no longer have a solution.

So I talked to my dentist and after much thought I told her that I want permanent implants (thank God I can afford them) because honestly I'm tired, my mouth hurts all the time and I don't feel pretty at all. And every time I look in the mirror I cry because I feel really guilty for letting those diseases ruin my life in this way (and others too) But at the same time if I get implants it will ruin my love life, because to be honest what kind of person wants to date someone who at the young age of 23 has dental implants? And that has been making me so depressed.

During the years that I had these eating disorders my life was hell even though I pretended it wasn't, and I couldn't enjoy my adolescence as I should but now I want to enjoy my youth being healthy and happy but that is impossible for me, because I keep thinking that no one will like me anymore. How could I tell someone that I have dental implants without feeling embarrassed? I mean, most people think that if you have dental implants it is because you had poor dental hygiene and your teeth fell out, but no one thinks that there are many diseases that cause these teeth to weaken and eventually fall out. I'm terrified of feeling judged or worse, I'm terrified of telling someone the truth and then that person will make fun of me or something. So how could I tell my future potential partners? Should I tell him on the first date or wait a while?

Tl;dr I wanna know how could I tell future partners that I have dental implants without feeling embarrassed?

Submitted March 05, 2022 at 08:46PM by throwra_bea https://ift.tt/2SVqW7v