Jawline Contour
Creating the perfect jawline can much a huge difference in balancing your facial ratios, giving you a contoured look, slimming effect, and reducing skin laxity and the appearance of jowls.
Jawlines typically require a multi-modal approach, including botox, filler, threads, and kybella. Depending on your comfort level and budget, we can do this in one session over multiple sessions. Regarding jawline contour, keep in mind that the more volume, the more dramatic the results will be.
Botox
BOTOX FOR NECK AND JAWLINE
botox for platysma bands and jawline slimming
Botox for the neck and jawline provides a fantastic effect to reduce the appearance of jowls and provide more depth and contour to the neckline. This works by blocking the platysmal bands that come up from the neck and insert along the jawline. Every time we contract these muscles, they pull from the corner of our mouth down to the neck, creating a bulging effect in our jowls. By blocking this movement with botox, we can significantly reduce the appearance of jowls and provide more depth to the jawline itself.
BOTOX FOR MASSETERS | JAWLINE SLIMMING & CONTOUR
Our masseters are the main muscles in our jaw for clenching our jaw and teeth. This causes them to bulk up in size and strength; even when we are relaxed, we still grind our teeth or clench. By botoxing these muscles, we can relieve a great deal of the tension and work to de-bulk the muscles. Aesthetically this leads to a slimming effect in the area, resulting in a more contoured and defined angle of the mandible (corner of the jaw).
Filler
chin and jawline filler
CHIN ENHANCEMENT
Filler can be used to add volume to the chin, creating projection to help balance a patient’s profile. The chin can also be sculpted to create a point of pinnacle for an oval-shaped face or kept rounded or even squared off, depending on the face shape that best suits you and your goals. The chin is the most important element when creating a balanced profile and contoured jawline.
JAWLINE CONTOUR
We can also add filler to the angle of the mandible (corner of the jaw) to create more of the lateral contour and sculpted edge. By building on this area, you are also lifting and pulling some of the skin laxity from the lower face and reducing the appearance of jowls. This creates the appearance of a smooth, tight jawline.
JAWLINE ETCHING
With Jawline Etching, we use a cannula and create a defined edge to the jawline. This gives the appearance of a sharp straight edge to the jawline running from the chin to the angle. Not everyone is a candidate for this procedure. This is a more advanced technique and something that needs to be built up to. Once the chin and angle have been built, we can move into the etching. Often the jawline is built up in stages to get the best, most natural-looking results.
pdo threads for mid and lower face
PDO THREADS
A PDO thread lift is designed to subtly lift the facial features to reduce fine lines and wrinkles while encouraging collagen production for more volume in the treated areas. . Thread lifts have become a minimally invasive alternative to the facelift for patients who are not ready to undergo more aggressive treatment options. Although the effects from a thread lift will be temporary and not as dramatic as a facelift, improvement in the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles can be seen gradually as the procedure stimulates natural collagen production.
We can use PDO threads on the lower face and neck to help pull back skin laxity and create a tighter, smoother jawline.
kybella for submittal fullness
KYBELLA | FAT MELTER
Kybella is an injectable that can help melt fat under the chin. Sometimes our jawline is hidden by submittal fullness (chin fat). We can add all the botox, filler, and threads we want, but if the fat is still sitting there, it will hide all our good work. The extra fullness makes it hard to see the actual contour underneath. The results are permanent. Most patients require more than one round, but you can take your time between treatments. Kybella is extremely effective. However, the downsides are 1)the swelling and 2) it can only melt so much in a session. You will be swollen for a good 2 weeks, and it will take 2-3 months to see the full results. With Kybella, you want to do enough (3 vials) to cover the surface area fully, but more than that in the session is not necessarily better. You would want to do multiple sessions vs. more than 3 vials in a single session.
