I had surgery to fix a fracture to my left orbital floor. The first two days were fine but after I started the warm compress part of my left face started feeling a bit numb with tingling sensations. The most noticeable areas I feel numb are my cheek, left side of nose, left half of my upper lip and some of my left upper teeth. The numbing sensation gets worse when I do the warm compress. Should I be concerned?
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Thank you for your question about facial reconstructive surgery.Pictures and more information are necessary to provide meaningful information. You will likely need a maxillofacial CT scan with axial and coronal cuts and 1 mm slices.To assess your situation, see two or more board-certified...
Forehead osteoma are common. They can be surgically removed easily. I usually make an incision behind the hairline and knock it off with a chisel, then file it smooth with a file. Can be done easily under local anesthesia in about 15 minutes.
Based on your photo it seems that your skull is cone-shaped, with a extra length at the vertex (top of the head). The proper correction of this bony deformity will require cranioplasty, or reshaping of the skull, which is usually done by neurosurgeons and is an extensive surgical procedure....
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