I’ve been suffering from stomach cramps for years, but lately they seem to have gotten worse.
Because of the pain, I sometimes grind my teeth in my sleep before eventually waking up with stabbing stomach cramps. Unfortunately, all that grinding eventually caused trauma to one of my front teeth. It became infected and loose.
So my dentist braced the loose tooth to the healthy one and put me on a soft diet for two weeks.
Today I went back to see whether the tooth was finally out of trauma — tough life, right? Even teeth get traumatised 
— so he could remove the brace and we could discuss ways to minimise the damage from my teeth grinding.
One of his suggestions was Botox.
Me: So I’ll look young and pretty?
Dentist: No! It’s to weaken the muscles in your jaw and minimise the damage to your teeth while you’re grinding.
Me: I’m not really comfortable having toxins injected into my body. What happens if I don’t have the Botox?
Dentist: You’ll keep grinding your teeth down and eventually it could change your profile.
Me: What profile?
Dentist: Your young and pretty profile.
Well…
He really didn’t have to say anything more.
I’m sold.
Who said women are difficult…
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