We asked the Viral News Only Community to show us their best puberty glow-ups. Here are the before-and-after transformations.
1. "Here's a side-by-side of me at age 11 in 2002 vs. Me at 31 in 2022. The picture on the right was taken about a month before I knew I was pregnant with my now 17-month-old son."
2. "I’m still a big dork, but here I am in my freshman yearbook photo vs. Today."
3. "I miss that scarf though."
4. "From the year 2000 to now!"
5. "This is me."
6. "Longbottoming hard."
7. "I love 7th-grade me, with her purple beret, granny glasses, and artist-palette-shaped earrings. My 9 and 3-year-olds laughed and pointed at the pic, and my husband...well, he also loveingly laughed and pointed. Life got a lot easier after middle school haha."
8. "I still geek out over a damn parrot, all these years later. Don't think I will ever get over the combo of a blue turtleneck and khaki pants. Man, I miss the early 2000s."
9. "Thank you, puberty."
10. "Here's 2009 vs. 2017. No more mullet, braces off, and better eyebrows. I still cry tears of joy when I get to feed goats, though!"
11. "I still love hats."
12. "Thankful for getting out of the awkward stage."
13. "A glow-up INDEED."
14. "We take family pictures every year, so I've got about 16 years' worth of these gems."
15. "Me, in all of my seventh-grade glory on the left."
16. "I used to look like an actual turtle."
17. "From ages 17 to 26."
18. "No comment."
19. "The left picture was during my eighth-grade graduation trip, and the right picture was taken during the best day of my life (when I met some baby goats)."
20. "There's a 10-year difference in these pics. The glow-up was worth the wait."
21. "From sixth grade to age 24. You can't tell, but the worst part of the black-and-white photo is that I was randomly holding a clarinet...?"
22. "Puberty and the knowledge of hair and makeup go a long way!"
23. "The first photo is from eighth grade, and the second is from my 25th birthday. It's amazing what 10 years can do for you!"
24. "Ten years older."
25. "Me in 2009 vs. Me now. Thank god for braces and spray tans."
26. "I could post my own, but I'd rather show off my better half in these photos. He's so charming and handsome! I nearly peed my pants when I recently found the photo on the left."
27. "Thank god for puberty."
28. "You'll always catch me sitting."
29. "That red cardigan and those hoop earrings were my absolute go-tos."
30. "I was an uncomfortable nerd! Thank god I found confidence in myself!"
31. "We all had to start somewhere."
32. "I felt so awful as a teenager. I'm still not the most confident guy ever, but I do feel better today."
33. And finally: "I had a solid 15-year 'awkward' phase that I didn't truly get out of until my 20s. I used to hate seeing pics from that time, but now I can appreciate how far I've come and love how funny they are. I mean, does it get much better than those bangs, glasses, teeth, and fluffy pillow?!"
Want to show off your own before-and-after glow-up? Feel free to upload your pics and story via the comment box below!
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and clarity.
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