(If the original teeth are perfectly straight with no sharp edges, veneers that require no prep are possible, but those circumstances are exceedingly rare.) Her own regret was immediate, she says with tears in her eyes: “I was like, ‘What did I just do? I had such good teeth, and now… I’m going to have to keep up with this for the rest of my life.’” “I had healthy natural teeth and did this purely as a cosmetic procedure due to my gapped teeth and thinking they were too small,” one Redditor wrote. (Though procedures vary widely, a full set of veneers can run anywhere from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars—and remember, they don’t last forever.)