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Francisco Canales, MD answers: How to address forehead numbness after a browlift?

hi, i had an eyebrow lift in argentina , the dr. used an old technique  and cut above the eyebrows not endoscopic, now 11 months later the numbness in the forehead and scars that hurt when i lift my eyebrows. thank you jacob


Francisco Canales, MD
7 months ago

Jacob

We usually give temporary numbness about a year before deciding that it is permanent numbness. In your case, it sounds like the numbness is permanent.  Have you gone back to your doctor in Argentina? I just wonder whether he/she sees this as a common problem with that type of brow lift and whether he has seen any return of feeling after this long?

Unfortunately, numbness and pain at 11 months may not get better. As some of the other doctors point out, going to other countries is cheaper in the short run, but it means you may get techniques that are not used in the USA and that you are thousands of miles away when you discover your problem.

You may consider seeing your fmaily doctor and asking for a referral to an occupational therapist. They can sometimes do some de-sensitization treatments on injured nerves that can make the area less painful. 

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