You are probably clenching right now.
The masseter and temporalis are among the strongest muscles in the body, and they hold clenching, stress and screen posture. Sustained tension there changes how the lower face reads: wider through the jaw, tighter through the temple. Sous La Face in West Hollywood works with that tension manually, inside and outside the mouth, as the Release stage of the RRR™ Method.
Most people come to Sous La Face for how the lower face looks, not for how it hurts. A jaw that has been clenching for years reads wider and heavier, and the tension pulls the whole lower face down with it.
Releasing it is not a cosmetic trick. It is giving a muscle permission to stop working.
Where facial tension comes from, which muscles are involved and how clenching and grinding differ is covered in our guide to facial tension.
External work through the temple, jaw and neck. Intra-oral work on the masseter and buccinator, which are reachable only from inside the mouth. Then lymphatic rerouting, because tissue that has been released also releases fluid.
How the intra-oral part is done, in detail, is on our buccal massage in Los Angeles page.
Intra-oral work on the masseter, reachable only from inside the mouth.
People who clench. People who have noticed their jaw is wider than it used to be. People who wake with a tight face, or who finish a day of screens with a locked feeling through the temple and cheek.
Many people come to us for TMJ-related tension, and this is work we are glad to do. We release the masseter, temporalis and the surrounding fascia, including the muscles reachable only from inside the mouth. We do not diagnose or treat TMJ disorder itself. If you have a diagnosed condition, or pain limiting how you eat, speak or sleep, we work alongside your dentist or physician.
Releasing sustained tension can change how the lower face reads. It does not reduce muscle mass the way an injectable does.
One visit releases what has built up. The clenching is a habit and it rebuilds, which is why consistency is the method rather than intensity. Most people unwinding significant tension come every two to four weeks at first, then monthly.
More hands on time, which suits deeply held tension.
As an add on. Call the studio to book it.
The 75 minute treatments differ by what is added. The Ultimate RRR™ Face adds time with a practitioner. Glow, Clear and Renew add a modality on top of the manual work.
A single visit is $259. RRR™ Essential membership is $229 a month and includes one RRR™ treatment, so your first month costs less than one visit. For tension that rebuilds, the membership is the version that works.
Infrared sauna, cold plunge and red light therapy are available at the West Hollywood studio for $35 as an add on. Call 310.925.3312 to add it.
Sous La Face Los Angeles
8608A West Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Plaza, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tell us what you are seeing in the mirror, or what you have been booked for elsewhere, and we will give you a straight answer, including when the honest answer is that this is not the right work for it.
Or call the studio: 310.925.3312
The RRR™ Face · 60 Minutes · $259 · West Hollywood
Yes. We support TMJ relief by releasing the muscles that hold that tension: the masseter, temporalis and the muscles reachable only from inside the mouth. We do not diagnose or treat the joint itself. If you have a TMJ diagnosis, we are glad to work alongside your dentist.
Often, yes. Jaw clenching and temporalis tension are a common driver of tension headaches, and many clients who get migraines book for the same muscular tension. We release the jaw, temples and cervical chain. We do not treat or prevent migraine, and we are not a substitute for medical care.
Releasing sustained tension can change how the lower face reads. It does not reduce muscle mass the way an injectable does.
It is firm and specific. Where you hold the most tension it can feel intense, but never sharp, and the pressure changes the moment you say so.
The release is one of three stages. We reroute before it and resculpt after it, which is what the RRR™ Method is.
One visit releases what has built up, and most people see and feel the difference the same day. Clenching is a habit though, and it rebuilds. Consistency is what changes it.
Many clients do. Tell us what you have had and when, and we will adjust the work accordingly.
Every two to four weeks while unwinding significant tension, then monthly to hold it.