Check out this article; it's about young people in several Asian countries letting some guy in the market put braces on them for "fashion".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/fake-braces-craze-asian-teens-status-symbol_n_2396027.h...tml

While I agree that braces are quite cool and fashionable, I don't recommend letting anyone but a trained orthodontist put them on, and only if you need them! Who knew, you can actually die from braces (not in our office!)