Differences Between Jaw Skin Botox and Facial Skin Botox

I am Dr. Taeo Park from Relieve Clinic, where we pursue procedures with reduced pain.

Skin Botox is a well-known procedure that even people who do not regularly visit a dermatology clinic may have heard of at least once.

It is also known for being painful. These days, more and more people seem to be coming to our clinic for Skin Botox because they dislike pain. So how is Skin Botox for the jaw different from Skin Botox for the face?

Jaw and Facial Skin Botox?

The people who are recommended to receive jaw or facial Skin Botox are as follows.

• People who want lifting along the jawline

• People with a lot of sebum on the face

• People with redness or enlarged pores

• People who want improved elasticity

Skin Botox has various effects. When applied to the face, it can help improve pores, redness, and sebum production. When properly injected into the jaw area, it can help with lifting.

The difference from regular Botox is that Skin Botox literally involves diluting Botox and injecting it into the skin layer, more precisely the dermis. Unlike regular Botox, which is used to reduce muscle activity, this is considered to work on the surface layer of the skin.

As shown in the picture above, Botox ingredients are injected into the dermis, specifically the reticular dermis.

Jaw Skin Botox

When Skin Botox is applied to the jaw area, it can help improve fine wrinkles at the tip of the chin, a blurred facial contour, lax skin elasticity, and skin texture. In particular, if it is combined with lifting devices such as Ulthera, Sylfirm, or Onda lifting, even better results can be expected.

The most important thing in jaw Skin Botox is the 'vector.' In simple terms, the direction in which the Botox is injected matters. That is why it is also considered a procedure that depends greatly on the clinician's skill. Also, when medication is injected into the dermis, embossing is created, and a key technique is to make this embossing larger as it goes upward from the jawline. Doing it this way can improve the lifting effect.

Facial Skin Botox

Facial Skin Botox is usually applied along the cheek area, forehead, eye area, and hairline. Rather than aiming for a lifting effect, facial Skin Botox is used to improve pores, control sebum, add radiance to the skin, or improve fine wrinkles.

Important Points About Skin Botox

Skin Botox is a procedure that depends more on the clinician's skill than you might expect. This is because the injection site, depth, embossing size, and dosage control are all very important. Therefore, it is important to establish a treatment plan and perform the procedure according to the patient's needs.

Pain is also an important point for patients. I control pain using numbing cream with my own know-how, thin needles, and optimized Botox dilution ratios.

(I also regularly get it done on my own face every three months, haha..)

Skin Botox is not simply a procedure for improving skin texture. The key is to create effects that match the intended purpose, such as refining facial contours, controlling sebum, and increasing elasticity.

This was Dr. Park.