Masseter
 Masseter, from Gray's Anatomy (1918, public domain on Commons).
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| Field | Anatomy |
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| Also known as | masseter muscle
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| Related | Mandible; Gonial angle; Neuromodulator; Bigonial width |
The masseter is the thick muscle at the back of the cheek that closes the jaw.[1] Hypertrophy makes the lower face look wider at the gonial angle; atrophy or neuromodulator (“jaw Botox”) can slim that width. Looksmaxxing talks about masseter as a bigonial width knob.
Clench, gum, and hard food load the muscle. A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone, not bone alone. Slimming injections are medicine with a bite-force tradeoff; they are not a custom jawline implant.
In looksmaxxing
Hypertrophy widens the lower face at the gonial angle; a neuromodulator can slim that width at the cost of bite force.[1] A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone. Injections are medicine. They are not a custom jawline implant.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Gray. Gray's Anatomy. 20th American ed. Lea & Febiger. 1918. Retrieved 11 September 2026.