i'm insecure, puberty

Dont embras ..it is natural but take care of following

dont start shave by any blade till age of 20, try electronic shaving machine

do exercise

I'm 12. Turn 13 in june. I'm in 7th grade. I'm 4'9. I've always been told I'm short. ive always been told I have big eyes. Because I am short. And I do have big eyes. About a year ago I got something in my mouth called hert appliance. it is basically a prickly metal plate on the roof of my mouth, two metal tubes on each side of my mouth, two "bolts" at the two tips of my mouth, and a wire against my bottom row of teeth. People called me metal mouth. I felt very insecure for a while. After 23 months when I was feeling less self-conscious about my mouth, my orthodontist told my that every night, I needed to "crank" my herbst appliance. I'm not going to explain in detail what the cranking was, but , I will tell you, it's painful. i had to do it twice every night. This made an enormous gap in between my two front teeth, so large I Gould put a caprisun straw through it with room to spare. I became more and more self conscious about my appearance. No boys liked me. I felt very lonely, I felt like a freak that didn't belong in this world. Then my gap started to close up. And I felt much better. But it wasn't over. On the day before my birthday I had to get braces. But they were not removing the other appliance. I was going to have them both at the same time. Again, I felt like I didn't belong, lonely, alone, by myself. People told me I was a metal mouth. They told me I was a midgit. That I was so small. i wanted to fall into a hole and just, lay there, by myself. I'm a very late bloomer. I have a very flat chest. and then I realized that I wasnt alone. All the other kids, they have pimples, and so do I. Some people are too tall, and i am uncomfortable we my height, too. Some kids have braces too. None have herbst appliance, but they are suffering through puberty with me. And I felt much better. I have a little mustache too! But look at the other girls. They have mustaches too. Maybe they don't have as much as you, but they ptobably have bad acne, or are uncomfortable with their weight. It's ok. It's  puberty and it's normal. But I do understand that you want to shave. I looked like a monkey before I shaved. I started shaving at like 10. Speak to your mom privately. Tell her that you feel uncomfortable with the way you look, and that it would really give you a boost of self confidence if she would allow you to shave your legs. If she says no, then ask if she would let you shave them just for the show. If she still says no, then, very politely, without disrespecting her (or else you're screwed), ask her why she dosent want you to shave. Ask her if there is a reason. I'm sure she'll tell you. If she says it's because she dosent want you to grow up too quickly, then tell her that you dont want to do it to grow up faster, hat you just would like to look a bit more feminine. As for the mustache, do the same thing,tell her that you would like for HER to do it for you. so she feels like you trust her and then maybe she will let you. If you don't want your father to know, just ask her if she could just keep it between you and her. Same applies for he uni brow. if she's no for the legs, then I suggest you speak to the director of the show and ask her if she could possibly make an acception for you and let you wear some skin colored tights. As for weight, speak to both your parents and tell them how it is making you feel. Tell them that you would really appreciate it if they would perhaps mind making a salad once a week instead of mcdonalds drive thru, or if they wouldn't mind paying 3-5 extra dollars on their next trip to the super market for a gallon of orange juice, or if they could consider buying 2% milk instead of whole milk. Or if not to buy you a quart of milk that is 2%. At publix, they sell individual little salads that bring dressing, lettuce, ham chunks, turkey chunks, and cheese. it's great to take to school. Just replace a day of unhealthy food with a salad or a sand which with pocket breads and low salt ham. I really hope I helped because I know what it's like to feel abnormal and akward. Just try what I told you you'll be fine! And if your mom says no, just remember, your normal, And it's ok to feel odd. Hope I helped love!  ❤️