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REVIEW MEWING: CAN THE TIKTOK TREND GIVE YOU THE JAWLINE OF A MODEL?

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Mewing | Signs of life | Older dads

“It's generally accepted that human jaws are getting smaller and have been since the dawn of agriculture”

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Lose your double chin! Straighten your teeth! Get a jawline so well-defined you could open a bottle of beer on it! These are just a few of the supposed benefits of ‘mewing', an odd but popular practice of DIY facial

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