The doctor that performed the face lift is very capable and has a very good reputation, so i keep trying to convince myself that the nerve was not cut, but just damaged. The concern is that 12 weeks had passed after the surgery and the eyebrow is still totally paralyzed. If nerve was severed, and doesn’t regenerate, is there a surgery to fix it? I don't want to do Botox on the other side and make both eyes look the same because it looks droopy. Thank you very much
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Contained In the face are two types of nerves, sensory and motor. The sensory nerves supply sensation or feeling to the skin, the motor nerves supply the muscles of face which give us motion and movement.The nerve that was damaged in your procedure is the frontal branch of the facial nerve,...
Cutting just the depressor septi muscle can be done under local anesthesia, but the entire nasal base will have to be numbed up to perform the procedure. While it is still surgery, it is a fairly minor procedure that can be done under local anesthesia, and there is just a little bit of...
Within 30 minutes or less of redraping the skin, the body begins to produce a sticky layer between the skin and the underlying tissues. The body will then begin to produce immature collagen as early as 24 hours, which will give the connection between the layers more strength.
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