Backwoods
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Somewhere here there is a picture of BSL wearing a blue shirt and smiling. It is also on his mothers FB page dated Oct. 2010. If you enlarge the picture you can see he has clear braces on the sides of his teeth, not directly on the front.
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Just because she stated he has braces now does NOT mean he got them in the last few weeks. Getting braces usually involves several trips to the dentist. The hairdresser did say she'd only cut his hair about 5 times in 3 years. It may have been 6 months or more since the last time she saw him and she cut his hair. Or longer.
I'm way back in the thread still, but just had another thought on the braces and want to post before I forget -- so sorry if this lands in a weird spot or has already been discussed:
Someone earlier posted several pictures from BSL's school days -- in them, he is non-smiling or smiling a very small, close-mouthed smile. To me, looks like he may be hiding a dental problem -- maybe a severe, as-yet-untreated malocclusion ... or maybe he already was being treated for such with braces at the time. (Could something like this be part of the source for the severe teasing/bullying some have reported he underwent in school?)
In this scenario, possibly at some point, he had his bite corrected with braces, but, as so many don't, didn't wear a retainer (especially likely considering his prison time) and his teeth began to shift again. Then later, with a good-paying job, probably good insurance, and the availability of the much-less-conspicuous "clear" braces of today, he may have decided to undergo treatment again to correct the shift, lest it become severe again.