One of the most requested for procedures in Singapore, and also at Mizu. Jaw muscle reduction is a simple procedure done by using Botox to reduce the size of the jaw muscles (the masseter muscles). This sharpens the face for a slimmer and more feminine look.
Botox works by inhibiting muscle movement – to be exact, botox limits nerve impulses from being transmitted from the brain to the muscles. These impulses travel through our nervous system and crosses from nerve to nerve at junctions called the nerve synapses.
When botox is injected into a muscle, this muscle relaxes and becomes weaker. A good example of how a muscle weakens and decreases in size is a scenario of a body builder.
As a body builder trains and build up his muscles, the muscles become stronger and increase in size (this is why people who grind their teeth at night have bigger jaw muscles). When the body builder stops training, the muscles become weaker and eventually shrink in size. This is the same with the jaw muscles.
With botox, the jaw muscles become weaker and is not used as much. Over a period of 3-4 weeks, the jaw muscles shrink in size and become smaller, achieving the results of a slimmer face shape.
