Dr. Shereene Idriss, a board-certified dermatologist, shares her personal experience getting masseter Botox and developing jowls afterward. She explains why patients get the treatment: to stop clenching and grinding, shrink enlarged jaw muscles, ease headaches, and improve mouth opening. She weighs the benefits against the tradeoffs.
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I have jowls from masseter Botox. And that's why master Botox sucks. I've been warning you guys, and I've gotten a lot of hate for saying, I would rather be vain and have enlarged masseters and get masseter Botox. I'm a board certified derm. I work five days a week. My focus is on cosmetics. I am telling you that your faces. Unfortunately, despite what we've been taught, we're not created equal. Starting with, why do we get masseter Botox? We get it because people who clench or grind. I am a grinder. My teeth are so straight. These are not fake. Get enlarged masseter muscles in the process. They feel tight. They get headaches. They can't open their mouth. And so when you block this muscle from working, you're going to minimize that grind and that clench and you're going to get the release and feel better.