Lucy Zhou

Back to Journals » Clinical Ophthalmology » Volume 20 Review General Ophthalmology Authors Jasti R, Wang Z, Zhou L , Nguyen BV, Berkenstock MK Received 1 December 2025 Accepted for publication 10 February 2026 Published 14 February 2026 Volume 2026:20 Pages 1—29 DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S564171 Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single anonymous peer review Peer reviewer comments 2 Editor who approved publication: Dr Scott Fraser Raghuram Jasti,1,* Zhenghao Wang,1,* Lucy...

stella wang never had braces—her teeth were straight & milky-white like tombstones & i envied her. my teeth squatted in my mouth like crooked strangers. so when we kissed one afternoon in the girls’ locker room, i couldn’t help myself: i licked the smooth indent of her molar, an arrow of forbidden tongue. she bit down so hard i almost cried. i never talked to her again.