I am interested in doing masseter Botox injections to help with teeth grinding and to slim down that area of my face. However, I will be getting my lower impacted wisdom teeth removed and am wondering if I should do the Botox procedure before or after the extraction, and how long I should wait in between? TIA!
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The muscles that control your eustachian tubes are locate in your soft palate, primarily the tensor veli palatini and should not be effected by injection of the masseter muscle, which is the muscle usually injected to treat TMJ. I have injected several patients for TMJ and have never had anyone...
Just for the record, a dermatologist was the first to come up with the idea of injecting Botox for aesthetic reasons, and dermatologists were also pioneers in the fields of not only Botox, but injectable fillers and chemical peeling-treatments for wrinkles and scars, all of which they soon d...
From the photographs it would appear that you have good cheek volume so as a starting point to give a slimmer lower face/ heart shape I would address the masseters first. However a consultation would be the first thing to have as photographs aren’t always ideal. M...