Feel how a permanently tense jaw can dissolve through BTX, for more relief in everyday life and a calmer feeling on the face.
If the chewing muscle is permanently tense, often for stress or psychological reasons, it has aesthetic, especially health consequences. Many of our patients report on gnawing teeth, pressure in the jaw or recurring tension in the face area with effects on your sleep rhythm and the integrity of your teeth.
A treatment with BTX allows us to reduce the overactivity of the strongest muscle in the human body. Ailments such as bruxism or muscular tension can be significantly alleviated in this way. In addition, the wider jaw area can also be treated aesthetically.
For your treatment at Myskin-Berlin, however, the focus is always on functional relief. Make your appointment online or by phone and we will discuss how BTX can help you.
The course of the treatment is clearly structured for our patients and takes place in a few precisely coordinated steps.
Consulting & Analysis
To assess the jaw and muscle activity, we check whether the masseter has an overactivity and whether the treatment is medically useful. Complaints such as gnashing of teeth, pressing or tension are specifically included.
BTX injection
The controlled injection into the masseter requires an accurate knowledge of facial anatomy. The aim is always to reduce muscle activity without limiting the natural function.
Effect
In the following days the muscle tension decreases more and more. The pressure in the jaw can be reduced, the unconscious pressing or crunching decreases. It is important to know that the effect does not occur abruptly.
Durability & Refreshment
The effect usually lasts for several months and can be refreshed if muscle activity increases again. The intervals are based on the expression of the masseter as well as the existing complaints.
Overall, the treatment is considered to be well tolerated. Transient reactions such as mild redness, blue spots or pressure sensitivity at the injection sites may occur, but usually disappear quickly.
Treatment of the masseter can be useful if there is excessive activity of the chewing muscle (broxism) or typical complaints in the jaw area. Often these develop creepingly and are initially not directly associated with the muscles.
Typical signs and reasons for treatment may be:
Regardless of this, a treatment can also be considered if a very strong masseter makes the lower face area appear widened. Furthermore, the aesthetic change often occurs as an accompanying effect of muscular relaxation during a Bruxism treatment.
The activity of the masseter is controlled by nerve impulses, which ensure that the muscle pulls together and builds up strength. By injecting BTX, this signal transmission between nerve and muscle is gradually reduced, the muscle gets less impulses for tension and can relax thereby. It is not a direct switch off of the activity, but an effect that takes 7-14 days, while the basic function of chewing is naturally preserved.
The treatment of the masseter in the context of bruxism is clearly different from classical aesthetic applications. The chewing muscle is functionally highly stressed and is in close proximity to important anatomical structures, which makes precise work and a dosage tailored to the patient crucial.
Because if the muscle is treated too strongly or unevenly, this can affect the chewing sensation or lead to unwanted changes in the movement process. Conversely, the desired relief is not possible if the dosage is too low. Therefore, in our Berlin practice, the masseter treatment with BTX always takes place on the basis of a careful analysis of the muscle activity and the existing anatomy.
Not every tension in the jaw can be sufficiently influenced by changes in habits or rails alone. If the masseter is permanently overactive due to bruxism, targeted treatment with BTX can help to bring the muscle back into a balanced balance.
The focus is on the relief: less pressure, less unconscious pressing, an overall calmer feeling in the jaw area. The aesthetic effect remains an accompanying effect.
We are happy to clarify together whether this approach is useful in your situation. We are always concerned with a treatment that suits you and your complaints.
De Maio, M., DeBoulle, K., Braz, A. & Rohrich, R. J. (2017). Facial Assessment and Injection Guide for Botulinum Toxin and Injectable Hyaluronic Acid Fillers: Focus on the Midface. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 140(4), 540e–550e. [online] Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000003716
