Masseter Botox Before & After | Lower Face Slimming and Jawline Softening

Details of the Treatment

After weight loss, her cheek softness had reduced but the jaw muscle hadn't — and the new proportion made the jaw width stand out. Buccal fat removal had been the elsewhere suggestion she'd been advised against.

On clench, the jaw muscles were visibly bulky on both sides — now more obvious because the surrounding cheek softness had reduced. The lower face read wider at the jaw than at the cheekbones. The cheek volume itself was normal. The pattern was unchanged jaw muscle in the context of reduced surrounding softness. Masseter Botox suited this presentation because, when the issue is the muscle, the right intervention is muscle reduction.

Botox was placed in the masseter muscle on both sides. Jaw slimming after weight loss tends to be more visible than in cases where the surrounding softness is intact, because the muscle change is not masked by overlying tissue. In the after image, the lower-face contour has narrowed, the jaw angle reads softer, and the facial proportions read balanced rather than bottom-heavy. Tissue-removing procedures are not always the right match. When the issue is muscle bulk, the right intervention is muscle reduction.