I’m not ashamed to admit that my introduction to jaw reduction was the Real Housewives of NYC. Along with epsom salts baths it’s  one life’s simple pleasures. Over the last couple of seasons I couldn’t help but notice that Bethenny Frankel’s face had softened. Our Skinny Girl’s very distinct, angular jaw line had been seemingly been chiseled away. Don’t get me wrong?she looks great! But the beauty reporter in me couldn’t imagine how this was possible. I took to to the internets where Frankel was quoted openly discussing the Botox injections she’d been receiving to treat her TMJ pain. I could get behind this. Despite my best mindfulness efforts and a night guard, I clench in my sleep and wake up with a sore jaw. I’ve noticed that my face shape has changed ever so slightly because of enlarged mandible muscles. I can really see them when I clench in the mirror and I don’t like it!
Curious about using botox to treat my TMJ and expanding jawline, I went to the best plastic surgeon in NYC on?where else?Park Avenue. Dr. Mehdi Sina of Pearlman Aesthetic Surgery confirmed that Botox and Dysport can be used to treat TMJ pain by injecting it into the mandible muscle. Over time, the muscle loses strength so that it can no longer contract with such intensity. The bonus is a less pronounced or atrophied jawline. Bethenny’s Botox regime was not only alleviating her grinding habit by paralyzing the muscle that c...