{"id":38778,"date":"2026-01-05T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/?p=38778"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:51:35","slug":"masseter-botox-defined-facial-contours-and-less-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/masseter-botox-defined-facial-contours-and-less-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Masseter Botox: defined facial contours and less&nbsp;pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mas\u00adse\u00adter is a strong che\u00adwing mus\u00adcle in the back of the cheek. If we grind our tee\u00adth and place an incor\u00adrect load on the jaw, it can beco\u00adme enlar\u00adged. In most cases, such incor\u00adrect loa\u00adding occurs uncon\u00adscious\u00adly. Pos\u00adsi\u00adble con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces: The jaw con\u00adtour beco\u00admes wider and pain can occur. Ten\u00adsi\u00adon hea\u00adda\u00adches, jaw and neck pain are typi\u00adcal. It is not uncom\u00admon for the ten\u00adsi\u00adon to radia\u00adte into the should\u00aders towards the eyes or temples.<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u00adse\u00adter Botox is an effec\u00adti\u00adve tre\u00adat\u00adment opti\u00adon. We use it to pro\u00adtect the func\u00adtion of tee\u00adth and mus\u00adcles \u2013 and for a slim\u00admer facial shape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What effect does botulinum toxin have on the chewing muscles?<\/h2>\n<p>Botu\u00adli\u00adnum toxin is a pro\u00adven mus\u00adcle rela\u00adx\u00adant. Fine\u00adly dosed, it regu\u00adla\u00adtes the mus\u00adcle acti\u00advi\u00adty of the mas\u00adse\u00adter. Exces\u00adsi\u00adve ten\u00adsi\u00adon is redu\u00adced and the che\u00adwing mus\u00adcle rece\u00addes slight\u00adly in the weeks fol\u00adlo\u00adwing tre\u00adat\u00adment. Cle\u00adar\u00adly visi\u00adble, yet very natu\u00adral. The chin-jaw\u00adli\u00adne appears nar\u00adrower and sof\u00adter. The\u00adre is no downtime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>When Masseter-Botox is suitable:<\/h2>\n<p>We have found out: Pati\u00adents who uncon\u00adscious\u00adly grind or clench their tee\u00adth bene\u00adfit most from the tre\u00adat\u00adment. And thus&nbsp;with:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tee\u00adth grin\u00adding or hea\u00advy clenching<\/li>\n<li>uni\u00adla\u00adte\u00adral or bila\u00adte\u00adral jaw tension<\/li>\n<li>Ten\u00adsi\u00adon hea\u00adda\u00adches in the temp\u00adle and neck&nbsp;area<\/li>\n<li>pro\u00adno\u00adun\u00adced \u201esqua\u00adre\u201c lower&nbsp;jaw<\/li>\n<li>asym\u00adme\u00adtri\u00adcal chewing<\/li>\n<li>Jaw pres\u00adsu\u00adre during peri\u00adods of stress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>An esthetic contour as a treatment goal<\/h2>\n<p>Many of our pati\u00adents would like a more har\u00admo\u00adnious lower jaw\u00adli\u00adne. If the mas\u00adse\u00adter is pro\u00adno\u00adun\u00adced, the shape of the face often appears hea\u00advy. This chan\u00adges when the mus\u00adcles relax. Rest\u00adric\u00adtions to facial expres\u00adsi\u00adons do not occur with cor\u00adrect application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The effects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Noc\u00adturnal che\u00adwing pres\u00adsu\u00adre decrea\u00adses noticeably.<\/li>\n<li>Pain in the tem\u00adpo\u00adro\u00adman\u00addi\u00adbu\u00adlar joint improves.<\/li>\n<li>Less strain on tee\u00adth and&nbsp;gums.<\/li>\n<li>Ten\u00adsi\u00adon-indu\u00adced ear pain or rin\u00adging in the ears will subside.<\/li>\n<li>The qua\u00adli\u00adty of sleep often improves.<\/li>\n<li>Ten\u00adsi\u00adon-rela\u00adted neck, throat and hea\u00adda\u00adches subside.<\/li>\n<li>The cheek con\u00adtour beco\u00admes narrower.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Treatment procedure<\/h2>\n<p>The tre\u00adat\u00adment only takes a few minu\u00adtes. The pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adre: We pal\u00adpa\u00adte the mas\u00adse\u00adter, deter\u00admi\u00adne the dose indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly and inject (inject) the acti\u00adve ingre\u00addi\u00adent direct\u00adly into the mus\u00adcle fibers. The effect beg\u00adins after a few days and sta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adzes after two to four weeks. Depen\u00adding on the fin\u00addings, adjus\u00adt\u00adment tre\u00adat\u00adments are pos\u00adsi\u00adble after a few&nbsp;weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u00adse\u00adter-Botox also has a las\u00adting effect: when the grin\u00adding subs\u00adi\u00addes, uncon\u00adscious mus\u00adcle acti\u00advi\u00adty also decrea\u00adses. An effect that influen\u00adces well-being in the long&nbsp;term.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What is important to us at the Swiss Derma Clinic:<\/h2>\n<p>Mas\u00adse\u00adter-Botox is a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of aes\u00adthe\u00adtic and medi\u00adcal tre\u00adat\u00adment. Mus\u00adcle ten\u00adsi\u00adon, blocka\u00adges or incor\u00adrect strain are not the cau\u00adse of phy\u00adsi\u00adcal com\u00adplaints. And, as with Mas\u00adse\u00adter, they can also affect the exter\u00adnal appearance. Just think of poor pos\u00adtu\u00adre and the effects on the body\u00ad\u2019s sil\u00adhou\u00adet\u00adte. The\u00adse and other cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons are important to us \u2013 our approach at the Swiss Der\u00adma Cli\u00adnic is holi\u00adstic. We the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre con\u00adsider all aspects, even when it comes to aes\u00adthe\u00adtic tre\u00adat\u00adments. This is the only way we can recom\u00admend more effec\u00adti\u00adve alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adves, advi\u00adse against an appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon or recom\u00admend it with a clear conscience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arran\u00adge your con\u00adsul\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon in Zurich here for an initi\u00adal assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p><strong>How does jaw pain mani\u00adfest its\u00adelf, start\u00ading from the masseter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An over\u00adloa\u00added mas\u00adse\u00adter mus\u00adcle, for exam\u00adp\u00adle, cau\u00adses mor\u00adning jaw pain, ten\u00adsi\u00adon when che\u00adwing, ten\u00adder\u00adness at the rear ang\u00adle of the jaw or facial pain. Many pati\u00adents also report accom\u00adpany\u00ading hea\u00adda\u00adches or neck&nbsp;pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does Mas\u00adse\u00adter-Botox influence facial expressions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. Only the exces\u00adsi\u00adve mus\u00adcle strength is redu\u00adced, not the basic func\u00adtion. Eating, spea\u00adking and all facial expres\u00adsi\u00adons are retai\u00adned. Only very vigo\u00adrous che\u00adwing may feel unfa\u00admi\u00adli\u00adar in the first few days. The mus\u00adcle gets used to the redu\u00adced load very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When does a visu\u00adal chan\u00adge beco\u00adme apparent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Func\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adxa\u00adti\u00adon occurs after a few days. As the mus\u00adcle slow\u00adly regres\u00adses, the visi\u00adble chan\u00adges in the jaw con\u00adtour deve\u00adlop gra\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly over the cour\u00adse of a few weeks. Not as an imme\u00addia\u00adte effect, but ins\u00adtead har\u00admo\u00adnious\u00adly and naturally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the tre\u00adat\u00adment useful for asym\u00adme\u00adtri\u00adcal facial contours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the\u00adre is one-sided clen\u00adching or grin\u00adding, the mas\u00adse\u00adter can beco\u00adme more pro\u00adno\u00adun\u00adced on one side. We can com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adte for the mus\u00adcu\u00adlar asym\u00adme\u00adtry with an indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal dosa\u00adge of acti\u00adve ingre\u00addi\u00adents. As a result, the con\u00adtour also appears more&nbsp;even.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mas\u00adse\u00adter is a strong che\u00adwing mus\u00adcle in the back of the cheek. If we grind our tee\u00adth and place an incor\u00adrect load on the jaw, it can beco\u00adme enlar\u00adged. In most cases, such incor\u00adrect loa\u00adding occurs unconsciously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swissdermaclinic.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}