Saturday 28 May 2022 01:46 PM Business owner says trolls compare her to a HORSE because of her teeth trends now
A woman who forked out £4,000 on a new set of teeth in Turkey says she is being compared to a horse by online trolls over the size of her pearly whites.
Business owner Kellie Swanton from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, jetted off to Turkey in February for her new gnashers, dipping into her savings for the procedure she had hoped for for years after cruel bullying throughout school.
Over the six days the 27-year-old spent in Turkey, she documented her journey to her new teeth, with her posts on TikTok going viral.
Kelliw Swanton said cruel trolls have been and comparing her teeth to horses teeth online
But unkind strangers online have trolled her about her new look, with some even comparing her to a horse.
'I've been told that I look like a horse and that they're not a good shape and don't fit in my mouth properly,' she said.
'They've also said that I should get my money back, that my teeth were going to fall out and that they're too long, people would make just really unnecessary comments.
'In the end I just ended up filtering the comments, I feel that if you allow people to comment hate, you allow them the platform to do so, so I just took their opportunity away from them to spread the hate.
'I have also had a lot of people telling me they liked them and being really positive which is great.'
Kellie has been battling with her teeth since childhood after braces she had fitted failed to correct the problem.
'My teeth have never been good, it is my family genetics,' she said. 'I was subject to bullying at school for so long. I got braces at 12-years-old but they failed.'
The procedure, which took place over the course of three days, involved filing down Kellie's teeth to make way for ten porcelain crowns on the top and bottom sets of
