The masseter is a muscle on the side of your face that helps you chew. Injecting Botox into this muscle can relieve symptoms of teeth clenching or grinding. It can also help contour your jawline.

If you find yourself clenching your jaw during stressful situations or unknowingly grinding your teeth while you sleep only to wake up to headaches, you're not alone. It turns out that nearly 11 ...

Botox injections, under the hands of a seasoned professional, can be a gift that keeps on giving. Since ophthalmologist Jean Carruthers first discovered the neurotoxin's wrinkle-reducing effects in ...

I wasn’t exactly in the market for masseter Botox. I wasn’t grinding my teeth in my sleep, nor was I waking up with tension headaches. But when my editors asked if I’d be the guinea pig for a story on ...

If you regularly wake up with a sore jaw, chances are you’ve come across masseter Botox as a possible remedy. Yep, even though botulinum toxin (the scientific name for Botox, if you didn't know) is ...

At a recent teeth cleaning appointment, I mentioned experiencing pain in my jaw—an annoying cracking or popping sensation—from clenching and teeth grinding. “Do you want us to inject Botox into your ...

It helps with teeth grinding, too. Masseter Botox can slim your face and prevent jaw grinding. The injections work by temporarily blocking the nerve signals to the masseter muscles in the jaw, ...

While the treatment helped her TMJ-related pain, Bailey Turner tells PEOPLE it left her face feeling "completely frozen" Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has ...

Masseter Botox is a nonsurgical procedure that involves an injection to the edge of your jaw, or masseter. This large, rectangle-shaped muscle is responsible for chewing (mastication), biting, and ...