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No, unfortunately, even tho the nerves take longer to rejuvenate than any other body part, if they don't come back within one to two months, they're not going to. My bigger problem is really just living with the fear that it's coming again and what will I be left with. As I said,I had it about five times, full blown, and other smaller episodes that resolved with meds.but why is the question that no one can answer. But havng to live with this is what makes me so sure that you shouldn't take chances with your face. Believe me I know no one thinks it can happen to them, but so did I and yet it did. I have fear just going to the dds and hearing myself say this makes me wonder how i ever did the restylane at all, but mainly I did it to fix the pull from Bells and it actually did, thank God. I never realized it could have made it worse if it hit a nerve. Okay, I can only hope you take my advice. Good luck.

KGB, ONE MORE THING. If it was a reaction to lidocaine and you need an allergy dr. as Dr. Allen suggests, then why didn't you have this problem from the beginning? I KNOW WHY, IT'S B/C YOU'RE NOT ALLERGIC TO IT. HE DID THE OTHER INJECTIONS PROPERLY AND SCREWED UP SOMEHOW ON THIS LAST ONE. You said yourself it hurt worse and then you had this reaction FOR THE FIRST TIME. DON'T GO BACK, AND DON'T GET LIDOCAINE FOR THESE PROCEDURES AGAIN. SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO THE SAME THING AND YOU MAY ALSO VERY WELL HAVE SMALLER NERVE CANALS AS I SAID IN PREVIOUS COMMENT, THEREBY MAKING THE SHOTS EVEN MORE RISKY FOR YOU.

First of all, you are pretty & have a sweet smile and if you never got better, which you will,you'd still look pretty! Second, as someone who has had Bell's Palsy and a paralyzed face and residual partial paralysis, meaning I NEVER got my normal smile back, & one eye is slightly smaller than the other, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY SCARY, I HAVE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES, AND NOTHING IS WORTH THE RISK YOU ARE TAKING.THIS IS YOUR FACE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I WOULN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR MONTHS, OF COURSE I LOOKED ALOT WORSE THAN YOU, YOU LOOK FINE, BUT DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK.YOU STILL LOOK GOOD, SO KEEP IT THAT WAY. Also, I had a problem with a dr. & also said I believed he was a good dr.NOT HIS FAULT, and blah blah. LISTEN TO ME, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT IS THE DR's FAULT. SORRY DR. ALLEN, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU SAY, AS A DR.? We know everyone is different and it's your job to know how to inject on each different person.However, One dr explained to me that we have nerve canals & some people's are smaller than others so that when the nerve swells as mine did and as I think your's did, there's no room in the smaller canal for the enlarged nerve & thus the resulting paralysis in only some people. KGB, here's my advice and coming from me, with five previous episodes of facial paralysis from the Bell's, I think I know about facial problems and how scary they are and how we take our beauty for granted. I lost my beautiful smile which greatly affected me - DON'T TAKE A CHANCE ON LOSING YOURS. First, can't go back to same dr., no way. Second, why would you get a painful shot of lidocaine and then more painful shots of restylane? if you must get the lip shots, and I don't think you should, DON'T GET THE LIDOCAINE. THEY HURT ANYWAY, SO JUST GET THE PAIN FROM THE RESTYLANE AND FORGET IT. YOU'RE HAVING PAIN FROM THE PREVENTIVE SHOTS SO WHAT'S THE POINT? AND YOU KNOW YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THE LIDOCAINE AGAIN WITHOUT PANIC AND FEAR, RIGHTFULLY. ALSO, WITH ALL THE TOPICAL PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET FOR LIP PLUMPING, FORGET THIS AND GET SOME FUSION LIP PRODUCTS, THEY DO THE TRICK. SO DOES ADRIAN ARPEL LIP PLUMPING CAPSULES. Put on at nite, have plumper lips a.m. not the same as restylane, but hey, NO RISK. what you're doing IS TOO RISKY. IT'S TOO LATE TO EVER GET MY SMILE BACK B/C THE MUSCLES ATROPHY VERY QUICKLY, BUT YOU'RE STILL OKAY, DON'T RISK IT AGAIN, PLEASE. DDS EVEN TOLD ME INJECTION WAY BACK IN MOLAR AREA CAN CAUSE FACIAL PARALYSIS B/C THEY DO GO INTO THE NERVE. I EVEN TRY TO AVOID THAT, LETTING THOSE TEETH GO. I LIVE IN CONSTANT FEAR OF GETTING THIS AGAIN AND YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR IT. YOUR FACE IS NOTHING TO FOOL AROUND WITH. I HOPE I'M GETTING THRU TO YOU. :) BE WELL.

KGB, CAN'T SEEM TO GET IN TO SEE YOUR HORRENDOUS EXPERIENCE... ANY HINTS?

for julie jay and others. i just can't understand why you would subject yourself to yet another injection, if not more than one, just to get a block that could acutlaly cause another set of problems. it's still an injection, so why not just get the restylane injections and be done with it. i've never had any pain killer, block, gel, or anything else. it's over so fast and then you immediately apply ice and you have no side effects. the other way you have the initial block injection pain and then the many hours of numbness, tingling, swelling and possible side effects. try it, be brave, it's not bad at all. :)