Q I heard reducing the jaw muscle with Botox improves facial asymmetry. Can I get the same effect with Korean medicine treatment?
A Botox temporarily reduces the volume of the jaw muscle, while Korean medicine treatment is a different approach that regulates the cause of muscle stiffening and restores overall balance. The choice depends on your goal.
Detailed Answer
Botox's jaw-muscle-reducing effect lasts four to six months and requires repeated procedures. Because it works by paralyzing the muscle, chewing strength may temporarily weaken. Korean medicine treatment regulates, on multiple levels and without a procedure, the causes of excessive muscle tension (teeth grinding, stress, diet).
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
At Dongjedang, treatment that releases the knotted fascia of the overdeveloped jaw muscle relaxes the muscle even without a procedure. Furthermore, when we bring down the stress-driven rising heat to reduce teeth grinding, the jaw muscle naturally softens over the long term. What differs is that we regulate not only the local muscle but the whole body that created that tension together.
Related FAQs
-
Q
Since my jaw joint got worse, I've developed headaches and ringing in my ears (tinnitus) at the same time. Are they related?
#Comorbidities
-
Q
My facial asymmetry keeps getting worse and my mouth opens less and less. If I just leave it, could the joint be destroyed?
#Comorbidities
-
Q
I heard sleeping posture affects the jaw joint. Do I need to break my habit of sleeping on my side?
#Lifestyle Management
-
Q
I have habits like chewing gum, chewing food only on one side, and resting my chin on my hand. How should I fix them?
#Lifestyle Management
-
Q
I saw massages and exercises online for correcting the jaw yourself. Is it okay to pull my jaw at home on my own?
#Safety