I've always had a very wide, square jaw, and I feel like it makes me unattractive. I'm trying to figure out how to get a slimmer, v-shaped face, and one option I've heard about is injecting Botox into the master muscles. My question is, how do I know whether Botox would help me? What if my face is wide because of my bone structure or something? I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for Botox and see no results. Any advice? Thanks in advance!
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Answer: You have options once you've been evaluated by a physician and properly diagnosed.
Hi and thank you for your question! While the dry eye can be an unrelated process, it can also be related to the Botox treatment. I recommend doing a follow up with your doctor. If this is indeed a side effect of botox, it will be temporary and wear off and in the meanwhile, you might need to...
To rotate your nose upward would take about 4 Units of Botox. The effect would only last about 3 to 4 months. You might want to consider rhinoplasty as an alternative. Because it is a surgical procedure, the changes are permanent. If you add up the cost of lifetime Botox, surgery is less...
There is a normal range for most patients. I find that 20-30 units of Botox per side (or 60-90 units of Dysport) is adequate for the vast majority of patients. If it is the first time we are trying an injection I will often start around 20 units per side then reassess in a few weeks to see if...
