Charice’s publicist Liz Rosenberg insisted that the Botox was really meant to treat for muscle pain in her jaw and thus, absolutely not cosmetic, contrary to earlier reports from print, online, and TV media, where a video footage even was showing Dr. Vicki Belo administering Thermage and Botox to Charice and categorically describing the cosmetic benefits of the latter she will reap in 2 to 3 weeks time, a more round and narrower face.

Charice & Belo

Charice getting a Botox created a major uproar of twitter trending proportions once the news broke out on its first day. Most were shocked simply because she’s still very young, at 18, to be doing so. Others, knowing that she soon would be shooting Glee at the end of July, expressed disappointment.

Liz Rosenberg has sprung to Charice’s defense a day after and has mentioned TMJ, referring to temporo-mandibular joint disorders and associated jaw tension and pain, to explain for the Botox procedure. And, surprisingly soon after, the Belo medical clinic took the cue and followed suit by stating that the procedure was instead for treating Bruxism, coinciding with Liz’s explanation of a non-cosmetic procedure, although it wasn’t for TMJ.

So, was the Botox procedure cosmetic or not?

According to a website of cosmetic doctors in the UK, it can be both. This same Botox procedure can address jaw muscle reduction (for making a squared jaw to a rounded one), TMJ and Bruxism. The procedure becomes non-cosmetic only when there are several follow-up frequent treatments after the initial one.

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