Dr. Sam Lam Plastic Surgery Forum

Hi Dr. Lam,

I had Botox jaw reduction by you about one month ago. I like the results so far. One question: If I fail to stop crunching the ice in my sodas, crunching hard candy and chewing gum, will the results dissipate more quickly? I can guess your answer, but would like to know what you say about this.

Thanks!

hi,
glad you like the results so far. i actually cannot honestly answer the question with full knowledge from those i have done already. however, as much as you surmise, i would say that you could have it fade faster. if anything, you might need to continue doing it. in general, i like to do 2 to 3 rounds and see if i have achieved some degree of long-term atrophy (not necessarily permanent) but that would involve not trying to re-hypertrophy the muscle. again, this is as much conjecture as supposed fact since i can't cite any studies or even anecdotal evidence from my patient base since i simply have failed to ask regarding this outcome.