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Muscle slimming
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Muscle bulk in certain areas of the face and body can influence your overall proportions and symmetry. For some people, this is simply due to genetics; for others, it develops gradually from frequent or intense muscle activity. Common areas where muscle size may be reduced for aesthetic purposes include the jawline (masseter muscles), temples, calves, and trapezius.
At Cosmetic Connection, we provide personalised consultations to create tailored muscle slimming treatment plans. Whether your goal is a softer jawline, a more tapered shoulder line, or a slimmer calf profile, our approach focuses on refining the natural contours while preserving muscle function. Using precise, targeted techniques, our experienced doctors and nurses will guide you through your options with care—helping you achieve a balanced, harmonious look that works with your individual features and proportions.
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Why book a consultation for muscle slimming?
We offer a range of effective treatments for muscle slimming, starting with a personalised consultation to explore your options and recommend what's right for you.
Non-surgical solutions
Avoid surgery, general anaesthesia, and lengthy recovery times.
Natural and Customisable Results
Provides results tailored to your individual needs and desired look.
Addresses Specific Concerns Effectively
Various methods target different causes of wrinkles, offering a more tailored solution.
More Affordable
Costs far less than invasive options, making it a more accessible choice.
Gradual Improvement, Without Permanent Commitment
Improve your contours with the peace of mind that comes with non-permanent changes.
Easily Combined with Other Treatments
Can be integrated into a broader non-surgical contouring plan for balanced results.
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Your Journey
Step 1 of 3
Your personalised consultation
Your journey to a refreshed look begins with a private, in-depth consultation. Our friendly and expert team will attentively listen to your aesthetic goals and concerns, taking the time to understand your unique facial structure.
We’ll clearly explain all your available options, detailing how each treatment works, their potential outcomes, and longevity. This empowers you to make a truly informed decision. It’s also a comfortable space for you to ask any questions, discuss results, potential risks, aftercare, and costs, ensuring you feel confident and build trust with your practitioner.
Your Journey
Step 2 of 3
Expert treatment & care
Once you’re ready, our highly skilled practitioners will meticulously perform your chosen treatment with the utmost care and precision. We understand that some treatments can be uncomfortable, which is why we offer a range of numbing options to alleviate any concerns about pain. Your safety, comfort, and the delivery of natural results that align perfectly with your expectations are our top priorities.
With emergency equipment readily available on-site and generous appointment times, we guarantee your safety is paramount and that your treatment is never rushed.
Your Journey
Step 3 of 3
Enjoy your refreshed look
Thanks to your personalised treatment, you can now look forward to aligning how you look with how you feel. We’ll provide you with detailed post-treatment care instructions to ensure a swift and smooth healing process.
To further support you, all treatments performed at Cosmetic Connection include an optional complimentary follow-up appointment and are backed by our satisfaction guarantees, ensuring your complete peace of mind.
What is muscle slimming?
Muscle slimming is a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that gently reduces the size of targeted muscles to refine and balance your appearance. It can be performed on both the face and body to create a slimmer, more proportionate look.
Unlike surgical reshaping, muscle slimming works by using various techniques to relax overactive or bulky muscles, allowing them to reduce in size gradually over several weeks. This creates softer contours and improved symmetry without altering bone structure or removing tissue.
During your consultation at Cosmetic Connection, a qualified medical professional will listen to your concerns, carefully evaluate your anatomy, discuss your goals and options, and provide personalised treatment recommendations.
Personalised assessments allow you to receive appropriate treatment recommendations to address your enlarged, overactive muscles.
How muscle slimming works
Certain muscles in the face and body can naturally become overactive or enlarged over time. This can be due to genetics, repeated use, or even posture and lifestyle factors. When these muscles are larger than average, they can affect the proportions and overall contour of the face or body.
Muscle slimming treatments work by gently relaxing these muscles so they are less active in day-to-day movement. As the muscle activity reduces, the muscle is used less, and over time it naturally becomes smaller in size. This gradual change helps to create a slimmer, more refined contour in the treated area.
The process
- Targeting the Muscle – The specific muscle influencing your face or body shape is identified during your consultation.
- Precise Application – The treatment is carefully placed into targeted points within the muscle.
- Reduced Activity – With the muscle less active, it begins to reduce in size over the following weeks.
- Ongoing Maintenance – Periodic treatments help maintain your result once the muscle begins to regain size over time.
Why it looks natural
Because the reduction in muscle size happens gradually, changes to your appearance are subtle and natural-looking. Instead of a sudden transformation, you’ll notice a progressive refinement that blends in seamlessly.
Longevity of results
The length of time results last varies from person to person and depends on:
- The size and strength of the treated muscle
- Your activity levels and habits
- How consistently you maintain treatments
For most people, the slimmer contour is noticeable for several months to a year before the muscle slowly returns to its previous size.
Where muscle slimming is used
Muscle slimming can be applied to several areas of the face and body where enlarged muscles affect shape and proportion.
Lower face & jawline (Masseter muscles)
Overdeveloped masseter muscles can create a square or heavy-set jawline. By reducing the size of these muscles, the lower face can appear slimmer and more tapered, with a softer transition from the cheeks to the chin. This is often sought by those wanting a more refined facial contour while maintaining natural expression.
Temples (Temporalis muscles)
Some people have prominent temporalis muscles that create a bulge at the sides of the head. Gradual reduction of this muscle can create a smoother, more balanced profile from the front and side, particularly when combined with jawline slimming.
Calves (Gastrocnemius muscles)
Large calf muscles can make the legs appear bulky, even in lean individuals. Targeted muscle slimming here can help create a slimmer leg profile, with a longer, more elegant lower leg shape. This is especially popular for people who feel their calves appear disproportionate to their thighs.
Neck & shoulders (Trapezius muscles)
Enlarged trapezius muscles can give the shoulders and neck a bulkier appearance. Reducing these muscles can create a more graceful neckline, visually lengthening the neck and enhancing upper body proportions.
Benefits of muscle slimming
Aesthetic benefits
- Slimmer, softer facial lines – Reduces prominence of the jawline and temples for a more delicate and refined appearance.
- More balanced proportions between facial features or body areas – Creates harmony between jaw, cheeks, temples, calves, and shoulders.
- Enhanced symmetry without surgery – Gradual, natural-looking results that preserve your expressions and movement.
- Smoother silhouette in clothing – Slimmer calves, shoulders, and trapezius muscles help achieve a more streamlined body shape.
- Improved side profile – Softens angular lines in the lower face and neck for a more elegant contour.
Functional benefits
- May help relieve tension headaches from overactive temple muscles – Relaxed temple muscles can reduce discomfort associated with frequent headaches.
- Can reduce teeth grinding, jaw clenching, and related TMJ discomfort – Muscle relaxation eases strain in the jaw and temporomandibular joint.
- May ease shoulder and neck strain linked to enlarged trapezius muscles – Muscle slimming can improve posture and relieve tightness or tension in the upper back and shoulders.
- Supports better muscle comfort during daily activities – Slimmed muscles can make movements feel lighter and less restricted.
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Cosmetic Connection is a dedicated muscle slimming treatment clinic with locations in Melbourne and Sydney. Our clinic excels in providing a first-class service, and our cosmetic doctors are some of the most experienced in the country.
We offer a purely bespoke approach to muscle slimming treatments in Sydney and Melbourne, and will work with you to understand your concerns and develop a bespoke treatment plan to achieve your aesthetic goals.
If you want tailored muscle slimming treatments in Sydney and Melbourne, choose the cosmetic doctors at Cosmetic Connection.
Muscle slimming treatments reduce the size of large, overdeveloped muscles on your face, neck and calves.
The treatment can also alleviate painful muscle cramps and tightness.
The cost of muscle slimming depends on the treated area, and how extensive the treatment is.
Generally, larger, stronger muscles require more extensive treatments, increasing the cost.
The best way to get accurate information about the cost of muscle slimming is with a consultation, as this allows us to assess your concerns and advise on what is required for your treatment.
Most people find muscle slimming treatments to have little discomfort. We use topical numbing cream to ensure discomfort is kept to an absolute minimum.
Most people report a quick, dull pinch sensation.
Muscle slimming is a quick treatment.
Depending on the treatment, the actual process is completed in less than 10 minutes.
The results from muscle slimming generally last 6-12 months.
The longevity depends on the size and strength of the muscles treated, and the specific treatment details.
After muscle slimming treatments, proper aftercare helps with healing and your result.
Avoid alcohol and intense exercise for 24 hours, and do not touch the treated muscles for 4-6 hours.
When performed by a qualified medical professional, muscle slimming treatments are categorised as a low-risk treatment.
The most common side effects of muscle slimming treatments are temporary skin redness and local swelling.
Rare risks include mild, temporary muscle weakness.
Why thousands choose Cosmetic Connection
Receive a customised treatment package and pay your preferred way with our range of flexible payment options, including cash, card, Afterpay*, Zip Pay*, and payment plans via Total Lifestyle Credit* (*Subject to approval: required before your appointment).
We prioritise what’s right for you. With us, you’ll receive personalised, expert advice–without any pressure or obligation to proceed with treatment.
With our standardised photography, we can plan your treatment collaboratively and comprehensively, while tracking your progress with remarkable accuracy.
Medical-grade clinical environments designed with your privacy, comfort and convenience in mind.
We have implemented strict safety and hygiene protocols aligned with industry-leading standards.
We choose our products, techniques and technologies based on quality, safety, and efficacy.
Our clinicians strive to remain up-to-date on best practice, and make no compromises on the quality of your treatment.
Your satisfaction is one of our top priorities.
Our treatments come with a range of guarantees because we are confident in our ability to deliver.
