Botox injections are noted primarily for the ability to reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles. They're also used to treat conditions such as neck spasms (cervical dystonia)and TMJ or temporomandibular joint disfunction and pain, Botox injections may also help prevent chronic migraines.
My name is Rene’ Malinovich FNP-BC. I have been a Registered Nurse for over 20 years. The last decade of which I have been a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner.
There came a point in my career that I wanted to expand my practice doing Botox and dermal fillers to make people feel good about themselves. Initially, I ventured out to be certified for aesthetic purposes. I researched various certifying boards and decided on the American Academy of Facial Esthetics (AAFE). This certifying board was created by a dentist. When I did my certification, I was trained to not only make people beautiful but to help their pain.
The AAFE taught me how to help people with migraines, TMJ or temporomandibular joint disfunction and pain, bruxism or tooth grinding, and cervical dystopia or neck pain and stiffness.
When you grind your teeth, you can break your teeth or dental work. If you have been grinding you build up those muscles which makes them stronger and bigger giving you a square jaw appearance. You are also able to break teeth even easier. This can cause jaw pain and migraines.
By using Botox, you can relax these muscles which will ease your pain and help shape your jaw back to a more slender look. By doing treatments regularly (every 3-4 months initially) you
can not only ease your pain but improve your looks. My initial journey became a road with not a fork in the road but a 2-lane highway with a bike path.
