How I was born ugly and became a good looking person without any surgery and for little money.

So I was born with a facial asymmetry that was so visible when I was a kid. I also had really messed up teeth for 2 years until I was 9 and my parents figured out that I could get braces and get them straightened out. I had a bad haircut for a couple years and I was the 9 year old who still played with legos. My mom was a nerd too and never got a haircut and I inherited her hair. <br><br>I was bullied a lot as a kid and it doesn't take long to figure out that I was pretty ugly as a kid and it's hard to say you weren't when it's the truth. <br><br>How was I going to change this? I started working out a bit as 12 which really helped me. Started a skincare routine with retinol that actually really works and I think still do. <br><br>Then I started dressing well. Clothes are expensive. Do it. I started buying more expensive clothes but not from high end brands really. I was 15 and broke. I started reading about fashion and how it all works and stuff like that. Got a summer job. Found a barber. These are all good things but oh my god it's so hard. <br><br>I'm 16 now and not a lot of people consider me ugly. I don't really think of myself as ugly anymore even though I have a lot of flaws. There were a few years in there where kids at school would tell me I was good looking just to spite me or something. I don't really like talking about this because I don't want to seem like I'm better than anyone and I'm very aware of my baggage and how I still have a lot of flaws. <br><br>No one likes a successful virgin and I'm going to be that. There were 2 years of my life when kids told me I was attractive but I was still ugly in reality. Once I was I was the first person in school to get some. People respect me a lot more. <br><br>I'm 6ft tall, I lift all the time, I have really good skin, I have straight teeth and my hair looks good with a fade and I learned to dress well. I spend a good amount of time on it all but I'm still pretty broke as a high school student. <br><br>It's so hard and it's so hard to be in reality. I'm not born with abs like a lot of people. I have a very hard time with it. There were years when I was still very ugly. But it is so nice. Once you're physically attractive, you'll figure out other things like social skills and stuff. It's not hard really. It's pretty intuitive.