Thanks to all the doctors that have answered my questions in the past. My ear is having very strange feeling two years post op face and neck lift . It feels half asleep and I cannot put the phone to it and hear properly. When drying my hair it just has funny feelings. I can feel hot and cold on the entire ear and pin pricks but it feels horrible and pulling .. it does not feel normal like the other ear. Is it the GAN or a suture that is wrapped around it? I am afraid to undergo any more surgery.
Answer: Local anesthesia Have your doctor try some local anesthesia injections to where the injury seems to be and see if how it modifies your ear feelings. Helps to localize the area of problem for suture or injury.
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Answer: Local anesthesia Have your doctor try some local anesthesia injections to where the injury seems to be and see if how it modifies your ear feelings. Helps to localize the area of problem for suture or injury.
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May 1, 2017
Answer: Numb ear The great auricular nerve supplies sensation to the lower third of the ear and if it is cut you will likely have a permanent loss of feeling in this area that is unlikely to change this far after your surgery. There is no connection with this nerve and the nerve that provides for hearing, so I do not know what this is. Have an ENT look at the ear and test the hearing if this is a real symptom and persists. If it were entrapped and not cut I would expect a better chance of it coming back over 12-18 months. It would be a challenge to find both ends of the nerve to try to stitch it back together. That would be heroic, expensive, and unlikely to correct the problem. So, the risk/benefit ratio for this is not good.
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May 1, 2017
Answer: Numb ear The great auricular nerve supplies sensation to the lower third of the ear and if it is cut you will likely have a permanent loss of feeling in this area that is unlikely to change this far after your surgery. There is no connection with this nerve and the nerve that provides for hearing, so I do not know what this is. Have an ENT look at the ear and test the hearing if this is a real symptom and persists. If it were entrapped and not cut I would expect a better chance of it coming back over 12-18 months. It would be a challenge to find both ends of the nerve to try to stitch it back together. That would be heroic, expensive, and unlikely to correct the problem. So, the risk/benefit ratio for this is not good.
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