I loss the sensation from the top of my scale after moving a lipoma on top my eyebrow. The nerve affected is more likely the supra-orbital nerve. If I puss down on the bottom side of the incision site, I could feel the top of my scalp as if being scratched. So is my nerve damage permanent? I just has surgery in the last two days, so what should I do.
July 27, 2015
Answer: Lipoma Forehead Only your surgeon can tell if the nerve was damaged. However almost all lipomas of the forehead are below the frontalis muscle where the nerves reside. Working around these nerves and stretching can cause the nerve to stop working for some time. Since these nerves branch to many branches the sensation comes back in most of the time. It nay take up to one year to come back. Follow up with your surgeon and follow his recommendations
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July 27, 2015
Answer: Lipoma Forehead Only your surgeon can tell if the nerve was damaged. However almost all lipomas of the forehead are below the frontalis muscle where the nerves reside. Working around these nerves and stretching can cause the nerve to stop working for some time. Since these nerves branch to many branches the sensation comes back in most of the time. It nay take up to one year to come back. Follow up with your surgeon and follow his recommendations
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August 2, 2015
Answer: #Lipoma - Nerve damage after removal In general, it depends on which nerves are impacted. Diminished sensation, including numbness, is common after this (and many other) procedures, and should resolve on its own. Particularly since it's only been two days, it sounds like a fairly common consequence of the surgery. You should of course contact your own PS to let him or her know what it going on.Rarely, a motor nerve can be damaged. If there are portions of the forehead muscles that do not move, particularly as time goes on, the concern for permanence rises correspondingly. It seems, however, that that is not the case for you.I hope that this helps and good luck,Dr. Alan EnglerMember of #RealSelf100@RealSelf
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August 2, 2015
Answer: #Lipoma - Nerve damage after removal In general, it depends on which nerves are impacted. Diminished sensation, including numbness, is common after this (and many other) procedures, and should resolve on its own. Particularly since it's only been two days, it sounds like a fairly common consequence of the surgery. You should of course contact your own PS to let him or her know what it going on.Rarely, a motor nerve can be damaged. If there are portions of the forehead muscles that do not move, particularly as time goes on, the concern for permanence rises correspondingly. It seems, however, that that is not the case for you.I hope that this helps and good luck,Dr. Alan EnglerMember of #RealSelf100@RealSelf
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