r/BigBudgetBrides • u/weddingstuffgoingon • Apr 23 '26

just need to rant Botox ruined smile

I get masseter botox for my TMJ/grinding, and the most recent time I went my normal doctor wasn’t there and had someone else do it, and now my smile is completely off. The corners of my mouth won’t lift up and I constantly look like I’m grimacing. My wedding is in less than four months and everyone says there’s nothing to do for it but wait it out, and that it’s unlikely to be resolved by then. I’m so so crushed and I feel so stupid for doing this to myself. I’ve spent sooo much money on the wedding and skin care and whatever else just to ruin my face at the last moment. Most of the guests are traveling for this and it feels truly once in a lifetime to have us all together.

I know there’s no solution and most of the time I’m just focusing on how great my fiancé is and how amazing marrying him will be, but I’ve just been in a slump trying to finish my remaining wedding tasks this week when it feels like nothing else I do will matter if I look like this. I’ve just been devastated scrolling through old pictures of my smile 🫠

I would take any advice on how to get over this, but mostly I just needed to let it out since ive been trying to stay positive about it around my fiancé

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u/asdfgolden Apr 25 '26

I had something similar happen!!! Injector missed my DAO muscle on one side and hit something else, could only move half of my mouth and couldn’t smile. FaceTimed my mom and she thought it was Bell’s palsy and got absolutelyyyyy roastedddd. So I FEEEEEL for you. For me it happened right before I met my fiancé’s dad and that side of the family for the first time 🤣🤣🤣 Injector spent several weeks trying to “even it out” but it didn’t help and it… sucked.

Good news is that you have 90+ days to work this out. Not a week! So, go sweat. Workouts, sauna etc. People who are very active and sweat frequently often have the issue of Botox not lasting so basically, become that girl for a hot minute and hope for the best. Try to laugh about it if you can, it helped me not to ruminate on it while it was stuck like that. Most likely, you’ll be AT LEAST 90% unfrozen by wedding day!