Luckily for me, i have never had to have braces, i gots me some good knashers (
)! Unfortunately for one of my mates though, he had to have the same kind of thing as you, with the bands too. The funny part though, was that he chose to have the bands glow in the dark. It was rather funny, walking to mate's house's in the dark, seing him smile, and then get a bright glow from his mouth
.
He has since had the braces removed now though, and imo, he looks a hell of alot better for it.