A big or square face may not be caused by obesity, but by hypertrophy of the masseter muscle! Huaxi doctors teach you one action to self-test

Others slim their faces: healthy diet + moderate exercise

My face slimming: Photo editing + standing behind when taking photos

Whenever I edit my photos to make my face look thinner

The desire to lose weight reaches its peak

(Actually I'm too lazy to move)

And some people are not fat at all

It just happens that the face is big and square

The problem may be the masseter muscle

There are many reasons for a big face, such as facial fat accumulation, masseter muscle hypertrophy, and mandibular hypertrophy.

Facial fat accumulation is easy to explain. It means that the facial fat is thicker and looks chubby. It can be improved to a certain extent by controlling diet and exercising.

So, how do you determine whether you have mandibular angle hypertrophy or masseter muscle hypertrophy?

There is a simple method, which is to clench your teeth and touch the front and lower part of your earlobe. If there is a bulging and hard feeling, it is most likely that the masseter muscle is enlarged.

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Our masseter muscle is a quadrilateral muscle located on the outside of the mandibular angle. We use the masseter muscle every day when we eat. Through long-term chewing "exercise", the masseter muscle gradually becomes enlarged.

In pursuit of a delicate and small face, many beauty lovers have learned about face-slimming injections and want to say goodbye to their big faces with one injection.

The "face-slimming injection" is to achieve the purpose of face-slimming by injecting botulinum toxin to reduce the size of the disuse atrophy of the masseter muscle.

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The face-slimming injection works on the muscles, not the bones . It is more effective for a large face caused by hypertrophy of the masseter muscles. For a large face caused by hypertrophy of the mandibular angle, if you do not want to undergo bone cutting surgery, the face-slimming injection can also help shrink the masseter muscles and improve the appearance of an overly large and wide face.

In addition, the effect of face-slimming injections does not appear immediately after injection. Usually, the masseter muscle will begin to shrink significantly 2 to 4 weeks after injection, and the effect will last for about half a year. Generally speaking, 3 to 5 injections can achieve a "semi-permanent" effect, and the masseter muscle is unlikely to hypertrophy as before.

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But! If you still chew gum after getting a face-slimming injection, chew sugar cane, beef jerky, broad beans, bones, and grind your teeth when you sleep... slowly, overusing the masseter muscle may make it bigger again.

Some friends may ask, will the face become sunken or sagging after a face-slimming injection?

In fact, if you use regular medical institutions, professional doctors, regular medicines, correct use of drug dosages and standardized injection operations, it is almost impossible to encounter facial depression and sagging.

Friends who are preparing for pregnancy, pregnant or breastfeeding; those with local skin infections; patients with systemic neuromuscular diseases such as severe myasthenia; patients with severe heart, liver, kidney, lung diseases and connective tissue diseases; patients with depression and mental illness... these people are not suitable for face-slimming injections .

Of course, it is best to go to the hospital to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon and let a professional doctor look at the distribution and thickness of the masseter muscle, your personal physical condition, the medications you are taking... and comprehensively evaluate whether you are suitable for a face-slimming injection.

Pay attention to these in life

Don’t overuse your masseter muscles

Don't always eat with one hand

Don't chew gum, crack melon seeds, or gnaw bones when you're high

Minimize excessive chewing

Statement: This article is a medical-related educational popular science article. It does not involve specific treatment methods or medical behaviors and cannot replace hospital visits.

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References

[1] Min Qing. Four truths about face-slimming injections[J]. Public Health, 2016(5):2.

[2] Ma Jiguang. "Face-slimming injection": Do you want to get it? [J]. Public Health, 2010(3):2.

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