Is jaw stiffness and soreness common with temple injections?

Hi @pamisley. Thank you for your question. Temple filler can often cause soreness and stiffness.

Best of luck,

Dr. Nima

Injecting dermal fillers or other volume agents into the temple area to treat the temple depression often causes soreness and stiffness.  The compounds are injected into the deeper tissues to elevate the temporal depression and this means that the material often goes into the area of the temporalis muscle, a muscle that is involved in chewing and moving your jaw.  This will cause soreness.  In my experience, this will continue to resolve with time.