The awful chewing gum debacle Well I have read on other forums advice that you can use chewing gum on sore areas if you have no wax available, and this was exactly the predicament I found myself in one morning. I was at my son’s school for an end of year performance and the rear brackets had been rubbing on my cheek making it uncomfortable to talk (probably due to the cheek workout I experienced from singing in the car as I drove there!) so I decided to try the gum.  I chewed it to soften it then positioned it with my ...