How much does braces really affect your appearance? Tell me about your experience?

Now in the seventh month, I wear braces because of the gap between the two large incisors and teeth bite problems, no extraction, in the second three months of wearing braces on the cheekbones have become higher, face thin, face meat downward collapse, the mouth has become more pointed and smaller (I do not know if it is not the arch of the teeth smaller), nasolabial folds become deeper, the overall look of the person has become a lot older.