Can Botox Be Used to Widen the Smile?

Yes, you can reduce the masseter muscle without Botox. The masseter muscle is used in eating and clenching and talking. If you do less of these then the muscle will reduce. You may want to try dental splints, relaxation and stress technique so you don't clench, eat softer food, no chewing gums...

Most likely the lidocaine would not effect the efficacy of the medicine, however it won't make your injection any more comfortable.  The mild discomfort associated with a Botox injection is due to the needle and the tiny amount of medicine that comes out.  The injection is over and...

Botox will help relax the muscle movement to help soften fine lines/wrinkles. It sounds like your treatment is in full effect if the muscles are fully paralyzed. I don't ever recommend any of my patients to apply a filler to the glabellar area, this can create a blockage or clot to the blood...

Hi Houston.  What you are describing is not normally what we see in cases where a patient has been injected below the eye.  If your injector comes further down below the crow's feet or even below the eye, we normally see a relaxation of the circular muscle that surrounds the eye, causing a p...

Botox has not been identified as a possible cause of Bells Palsy, and shouldn’t re-trigger your initial symptoms. Botox is commonly utilized to treat asymmetry following Bells Palsy. Botox use at this stage should be considered safe. Thank you for your question. 

Thank you for your question. You are early in your post procedure course. Usually the patient sees the start of the neuromodulators, (Botox Dysport, Xeomin), working at day 4.  The fillers usually see some result early, but some modulation continues.  In our office we have patients come back at...