No, mastic gum won’t reshape your jaw

An ancient Greek chewing gum has a fresh life — and false promise — on social media

A pile of various oblong-like, bone-colored pieces of mastic gum.

Mastic-based chewing gum may have some benefit to breath and microbiome, but it won’t change the way you look.

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