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Meet the Masseter Injection Team

The Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital is led by four consultants working inside a tertiary general hospital. Ke He, MD, is responsible for the medical review of this site and holds the assessment that comes before any injection, including whether the muscle is the cause at all and how conservatively the first plan should be set. Dr. Tongchun Mao holds the cases where the width is in the bone rather than the muscle. Dr. Shaoliang Wang holds the complex and previously treated cases, and Dr. Yongbo Jia assesses the skin and any reaction at the injection sites.

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Ke He (何锞)

Deputy Director & Head of Skin & Laser Aesthetics · Attending Physician, Licensed Aesthetic Attending · Lead Physician of This Site

Assessment of clenching and grinding · the masseter as a cause of facial width · conservative injectable planning with scheduled review

Dr. Ke He is Deputy Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital and head of its skin and laser aesthetic service — and she is the lead physician of this site. A core specialist formerly at the Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Department of Xinqiao Hospital, affiliated with Army Medical University, she has worked on the clinical front line in skin laser and injectable aesthetics for more than 20 years, serving over ten thousand patients.

Her assessment starts with the habit rather than with the muscle, because the habit is what the muscle is a record of. She asks when the width was first noticed, whether the jaw feels tired in the evening, whether a dentist has mentioned wear on the back teeth, and whether the clenching happens by day or during sleep. She then feels the masseter at rest and under clench, compares the two sides, and allows for what the bone and the fat over it are contributing. Where the muscle is not the finding she says so and describes what would help instead. Where it is, she plans a conservative first course, sets a review, and tells the patient plainly that the change arrives over weeks rather than days, that chewing feels different for a period, and that the effect fades and the width returns unless the habit itself changes.

Clinical focus

Establishing whether the width is the masseter at all
Reading the clenching habit from the jaw, the wear and the history
Comparing the two sides rather than treating them as equals
Planning a conservative first course with a scheduled review
Saying clearly that the effect fades and the width returns

Academic roles & achievements

Member, Laser Medicine Group, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
Member, Facial Rejuvenation Group, Chinese Medical Association Plastic Surgery Branch
Member, Chongqing Plastic Surgery Quality Control Center
Published 5 papers, holds 5 national patents, and introduced 2 new clinical techniques

The width may not be in the muscle

A wide lower face looks similar whether the cause is the masseter, the mandible beneath it or the fat over either, and only the first of the three answers to an injection. A patient who has treatment for a width that was never muscular has a course of visits, a period of chewing that feels different, and an appearance unchanged. The examination exists to establish which layer is responsible, and it frequently ends with the injection not being given.

Shaoliang Wang (王韶亮)

Director, Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center · Vice Chief Physician, Associate Professor, Doctor of Medicine

Center leadership and multidisciplinary case review

Dr. Shaoliang Wang is Director of the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital. Within the team he provides the surgical perspective and the tertiary-hospital backstop — the assessment when an operation is the honest answer, and the hospital-level care for the rare complication that needs it.

Within the team, Shaoliang Wang contributes to the shared assessment of cases on this site.

Clinical focus

Center leadership and multidisciplinary case review
Surgical assessment when an operation is the honest answer to descent or excess skin
Hospital-based care for the rare complication that needs theatre-level management

Tongchun Mao (毛彤春)

Deputy Director & Head of Aesthetic Surgery · Vice Chief Physician, Licensed Aesthetic Attending

Aesthetic surgical assessment and refinement of contour and asymmetry

Dr. Tongchun Mao is an aesthetic surgeon within the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital. Within the team his role is refinement and honest referral: he is the person who says so when an operation will do better than an injectable or a device.

Within the team, Tongchun Mao contributes to the shared assessment of cases on this site.

Clinical focus

Aesthetic surgical assessment and refinement of contour and asymmetry
Honest referral when surgery outperforms a course of injections
Shared case planning within the four-physician team

Yongbo Jia (贾勇波)

Deputy Director & Head of Dermatology · Vice Chief Physician, Licensed Aesthetic Attending

Medical skin assessment behind injectable treatment plans

Dr. Yongbo Jia is a dermatologist within the Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics Medical Center at Chongqing West District Hospital. Within the team his role is medical skin assessment — diagnosing and managing pigment and barrier conditions, and treating skin that a device or an injection has irritated.

Within the team, Yongbo Jia contributes to the shared assessment of cases on this site.

Clinical focus

Medical skin assessment behind injectable treatment plans
Diagnosis and management of pigment and barrier conditions
Dermatologic care of skin after irritation or a delayed reaction

Establish whether the muscle is the cause

Arrange an assessment. It looks at the clenching habit, at what the muscle and the bone each contribute to the width, and at whether a treatment that reverses is one you want to repeat. If it is not, we will say so and explain what would help instead.

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