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Botox to Reduce Square Jaw - England, DE
UPDATED FROM mittenz
46 days since 1st botox injections........
mittenzMay 22, 2013
$540
So this will be my last update regarding my botox injections to reduce my square jaw, and I've added my final picture.
There's a definate softening of the jaw which you can see in my pictures (1st picture on the left is one of me before injections, middle picture is just over a month later and after a second round of injections, picture on right is from today)
Was it worth it? For me, I would have to say........not really!! There is softening but no noticeable reduction in the angular nature of my jaw. If this was something that cost £100 I would consider, but for £350, the results are not worth it.
My advice would be; if you acvtually have bruxism, where you grind your teeth, then this procedure may have more dramatic results (bruxism cuases enlargening of the chewing muscles in cheeks which could create a sqaure jaw). But for anyone who just simply wants to reduce their jaw, botox would have minimal effect as I guess the 'squareness' is just your genes and the underlying shape of your bones that make up your jaw. I guess I have to just understand that my sqaure jaw comes from my genes and, save having major surgery on my face, which I am NOT willing ever to do, then I have to get used to it.
Hope this blogs helps someone in making decisions :-)
There's a definate softening of the jaw which you can see in my pictures (1st picture on the left is one of me before injections, middle picture is just over a month later and after a second round of injections, picture on right is from today)
Was it worth it? For me, I would have to say........not really!! There is softening but no noticeable reduction in the angular nature of my jaw. If this was something that cost £100 I would consider, but for £350, the results are not worth it.
My advice would be; if you acvtually have bruxism, where you grind your teeth, then this procedure may have more dramatic results (bruxism cuases enlargening of the chewing muscles in cheeks which could create a sqaure jaw). But for anyone who just simply wants to reduce their jaw, botox would have minimal effect as I guess the 'squareness' is just your genes and the underlying shape of your bones that make up your jaw. I guess I have to just understand that my sqaure jaw comes from my genes and, save having major surgery on my face, which I am NOT willing ever to do, then I have to get used to it.
Hope this blogs helps someone in making decisions :-)
UPDATED FROM mittenz
OK so its nows been 35 days since my very 1st...
mittenzMay 11, 2013
OK so its nows been 35 days since my very 1st botox jabs to reduce my jawline.. I originally had 32 units, 16 on each side. And then 14 days ago I had 'top up' injections with 16 untis, 8 on each side. As you can see on my latest pic, there has been some reduction on both sides. Not a huge amount though. I've been told that optimum results are in 8 weeks, so will update you in 3 weeks time
UPDATED FROM mittenz
So this is 16 days after my botox injections. As...
mittenzApril 22, 2013
So this is 16 days after my botox injections. As you can see, not much change! I have been told however it is several weeks before I would see a change. I have a top-up appointment in 5 days time where I expect I will get more botox. The clinic have a policy of giving free top-ups if there has been in improvement. So will post more pics in a couple of weeks time - here's hoping I have more to tell you regarding an actual change as, right now, there is unfortunately no discernable difference between my before and after pic :-(
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April 23, 2013
Thanks for letting us know whats going on up to this point. I only see 1 picture and from your update I'm thinking that is your current picture. Do you have a picture from before you had the Botox injected? I'd love to see it to compare.
Hoping you start to see more of the amount of reduction you were hoping for!
April 23, 2013
my before picture was on the original question I asked on here to the medical professionals
http://www.realself.com/question/slim-square-face-botox?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=QAns&utm_content=H3.CTA.Answers#945184
April 30, 2013
Awesome, keep us updated on your progress! Im interested in getting this as well for my TMJ and my strong jawline. How many units did you get?
April 30, 2013
ooh, should have added that shouldn't i?? :-) i had 16 units on each side first time, second time i had 8 units on each side - will post update pics soon
May 3, 2013
I have spoken to 4 diss doctors who all told me that you should never use Botox in that area....it doesn't work for that area you should use fillers
May 22, 2013
Thank you for your comment :-) I'm not sure what you mean by fillers? Fillers give more volume and I'm trying to reduce my jaw, so I don;t see how injecting fillers around my jaw would help. Do you mean fillers in upper cheeks to draw attention away from jaw? If so, then yes, I am considering this. Having fuller cheeks creates the illusion of a more oval face as the the cheekbones appear wider than the jaw, making the jaw look more demure. It is something I am considering......
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