Will Botox in the massater muscle reduce nasolabial folds or make them more prominent?

HI @Anon976847! Botox works by temporarily paralyzing the targeted muscles. Thus, botox injected into the masseter muscle will affect just the masseter muscle. It will not impact your nasolabial folds. If you have concerns about the appearance of your nasolabial folds, you can consider hyaluronic acid dermal fillers to help soften the area. Best of luck, Dr. Nima!

Thank you for sharing your question. Masseter botox will not impact the appearance of your nasolabial folds. Hope this helps.

nasolabial folds are not effected by jawline treatments. but I would suggest starting at home peels like cosmelan, enlighten and aerify along with dermarolling (MTS roller with anteage MD ampules weekly, see linkt) should be started now to prevent further aging. folds are best treated with morpheus, threads, and fillers in office.

For facial rejuvenation, I would suggest a combination approach of
1) skin care with products and PRP/microneedling
2) PDT light therapy few times a month with growth factors
3) laser treatments like clear and brilliant regularly and a few times a year Fraxel/halo Viva, Co2/Erbium
4) Sculptra injections a few times a year for collagen production with fillers like juvederm/restylane/belotero/radiesse/bellafill
5) thermage/ultherapy for yearly skin tightening with or without PDO or cone based instalift threads for lifting
6) botox every 2-3 months to stop movement lines and prevent lines at rest
7) deep microneedling RF like Fractora/morpheus8 for tightening of the skin
8) Vascular laser like vbeam/excel V or BBL forever young treatment every quarter (3-4 months)

Best, Dr. Emer.