Jowls.

I've always been just a little wary of aging.  One thing I knew I never wanted to happen to me was to develop jowls (you, know, those saggy cheek things).  I knew this in eighth grade when my about-to-retire teacher had a grand set of them.

Because of all my TMJ issues (surely, it has nothing to do with my age...!), I think I'm beginning to get jowls.  I have some visible swelling in my cheek and general TMJ area that is nearly constant, and you can see the muscle strain in my face.  I'm beginning to develop very fine wrinkles around those areas, and I am vain enough to absolutely hate it!

I really hope that by having the surgery, the pain will be reduced, the swelling will be reduced, and my poor face won't be under so much strain.  I just hope these wrinkles and developing jowls go away after the surgery.  I have a hope for that, since no one else in my family has them...

aargh.