Jaw Slimming / Teeth Grinding

At DermZen Clinic, we are dedicated to helping to improve our patients' facial appearance. We can help you achieve a slimmer face, through relaxation of your masseter muscle.

The masseter muscle helps you chew. It becomes enlargened with repeated over-stimulation, which occurs following repeated teeth grinding (Bruxism). This muscle mass increase can have an impact on the shape of your face. Botox injection into the masseter muscle, relaxes the muscle, resulting in a slimmer contour to your face.

Wrinkle relaxing injections are effective for treating:

  • Enlarged Masseter Muscles

  • Widened face due to bruxism

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Technique

After an initial consultation, to assess your medical health, the treatment will be performed by injecting some botulinum toxin A solution into the each side of the lower face, directly into the masseter muscle.

Botulinum toxin A is a prescription only medication, therefore it should only be administered by highly trained nurses, doctors and dentists.

Procedure

Depending on how many areas being treated, the assessment and procedure takes approximately 30 minutes.

Downtime

Discomfort and downtime is minimal. There may be mild tenderness, which subsides within minutes, allowing you to return to normal activities soon after. However, you are advised to avoid intense physical acctivities and exercises, as well as make up and alcohol for 48 hours following treatment. Until the product has settled, we advise against touching the treatment areas, and avoid smoking, which could impact on your healing properly. You may experience dry mouth, mild bruising, muscle stiffness and redness at the injection site, which should subside soon afterwards.

Results

The treatment takes 2 weeks to take full effect with a visible results experienced within 2-5 days following treatment. A follow up appointment is usually recommended after 2 weeks to review the results. To retain your appealing appearance, treatments should be repeated every 3-4 months. We will keep you informed of your next treatment due date .